Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.
“The Panhandle Inn, at 301 Main St. in Panhandle, Texas, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017.”
Wikipedia article Panhandle Inn, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 5 National Register listings published here for Carson County · listed in 2017 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Panhandle Inn between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,154 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 60 AND CR 12 GRASS FIRE 67 |
| 19 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 60 AND COUNTY ROAD R |
| 27 July 2017 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 60 & CR 12 |
| 8 June 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2462 AND COUNTY ROAD 9 |
| 28 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAIN VS. TRAIN, PANHANDLE,TX |
| 22 June 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPOT FIRES BNSF |
| 2 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 MILES EAST OF PANHANDLE ON HWY 60 |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Panhandle, the town this property stands in, in 224 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 145 hail, 49 thunderstorm wind, 15 tornado, 10 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2001 | Tornado (F3) | Panhandle | $250,000 | The tornado destroyed an office building associated with a grain elevator...unroofed and severely damaged a nearby home...and tossed a pickup truck and suburban about fifty and one hundred yards respectively. Several cattle and one horse were reported killed or injured from the tornado. As many as fifty power poles and transmission lines were brought down from the storm. The tornado path and width were estimated and an official damage survey was made on the tornado. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Panhandle | $200,000 | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Hail | Panhandle | $75,000 | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Panhandle | $70,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $60,000 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down eight power poles near County Road M and 14. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $60,000 | Trucks were reported blown off the roadway and there was extensive damage to a home west of Panhandle when a large tree fell on the home. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $50,000 | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $34,000 | High winds snapped power lines and knocked over a semi-trailer truck. Also...a roof was reportedly blown off of a farm house about five miles southwest of Panhandle. No injuries were reported. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $30,000 | Damaging winds destroyed a storage building and blew a trampoline roughly four hundred yards and destroyed it. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $15,000 | Power lines were reportedly blown down. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $10,000 | A police car side window was reportedly blown out. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Panhandle | $8,000 | The Carson County Sheriff's Office reported that the tornado touched down around 1736 CST near County Road 14 between Texas State Highway 207 and County Road M...about two miles north northwest of Panhandle. Six power poles were snapped and facing south. The base of the tornado was approximately seventy-five feet wide and the tornado lasted only about thirty seconds before lifting. Sparks were visible...which accounted for the power poles being snapped. The tornado may have touched down for a second time around 1739 CST. The movement of the tornado was likely to the southeast. Strong outflow winds to the north of the tornado circulation likely caused damage to an irrigation pivot four miles north of Panhandle. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $8,000 | High winds tore the roof off of an equipment barn. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2025 | Hail | Panhandle | $5,000 | A supercell thunderstorm produced large hail across the city of Panhandle. Hail sizes ranged between golfball and 2 inches on the east side of Panhandle. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $5,000 | An outbuilding was damaged along with crops. Trees were also knocked over by the severe gusts. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $3,000 | A trained storm spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts around sixty-one knots about six miles north of Panhandle. These wind gusts knocked over some telephone poles. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | $1,000 | Fast moving flood waters covered County Road J just off HWY 60. Water was at least 6 to 8 inches deep. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | $1,000 | Highway 207 in Panhandle was closed with two feet of water that accumulated under the overpass. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | $1,000 | The National Weather Service Office in Lubbock Texas relayed a report from a member of the public who said that two large trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind gusts about six miles north of Panhandles Texas. No injuries or other damages were reported. |
| April 1999 | Hail | Panhandle | $1,000 | Texas Department of Public Safety trooper's car windshield was broken by the hail. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | - | From the station located near Panhandle. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | - | Carson County also reported that a car was swept off the road and stranded in the ditch on Highway 207 1 mile north of Panhandle. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Panhandle | - | Video by posted on KVII Facebook page showing nuisance street flooding. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | - | Wind farm with 10 meter wind sensor reported 61 mph wind gust. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Panhandle | - | A motorist drove into golf ball size hail along Highway 60 northeast of Panhandle. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Panhandle | - | TXDOT closed Broadway Street in Panhandle due to street flooding. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Panhandle | - | Emergency Manager reported localized street flooding in the Panhandle area. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Received a Facebook report of quarter size hail in Panhandle. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Accumulating hail up to the size of quarters was reported. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Panhandle | - | Multiple roadways were reported as being water covered. These included State Highway 207 north and south of Panhandle, FM 294 north and south of White Deer, and US Highway 60 near Kingsmill. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Reports of hen egg to tennis ball size hail in Panhandle. |
| June 2018 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | - | Significant flooding in and around Panhandle. Broadway from 1st to Elsie is impassible. 207 from 5th to the high school is impassible. One to two feet of water over the roadways. |
| June 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Panhandle | - | Brief landspout on ground a minute or less, reported by multiple chasers in the area. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Hail covering ground. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Dime to quarter size hail covering the road at Highway 60 and 207. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | - | Water flowing across many roadways within and near panhandle, including US highway 60. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | - | A 61 mph wind gust was measured at the West Texas Mesonet site located near Panhandle. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Tennis ball size hail fell 1 miles east of Panhandle. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Golf ball size hail fell 5 miles west-southwest of Panhandle, along Highway 60 near County Road J. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | - | Five to six power lines were snapped and laid across the road. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Quarter size hail fell in Panhandle, Texas. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Half dollar size hail was observed and measured by an off duty National Weather Service employee at Euclid and 10th in Panhandle, Texas. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Tennis ball size hail fell 5 miles east-southeast of Panhandle. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Large amounts of quarter size hail was reported 9 miles east-southeast of Panhandle, Texas, by a storm chaser via Spotter Network. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Panhandle | - | Nickel to quarter size hail was reported in Panhandle. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | - | Thunderstorm winds caused a portion of the roof of a home to be blown off in Panhandle. Power lines were downed and two large trees were uprooted in the Panhandle area. Trees were blocking the road near 3rd and Elsie. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | - | Law enforcement reported flash flooding in and around Panhandle. 6 to 12 inches of water covered numerous roads. This includes Highway 207 just south of town and 293 northwest of town. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panhandle | - | A bow echo moved across Carson County during the late night hours of the 19th. As this line moved over the city of Panhandle (Carson County), the KVII Schoolnet site at Panhandle Junior Highs School (Carson County) observed a 61 mph thunderstorm gust. The bow echo continued moving east across the Panhandle after producing this gust. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Panhandle | - | A supercell thunderstorm that developed along a retreating dryline in Deaf Smith and Oldham Counties tracked to the northeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. The supercell neared the city of Panhandle (Carson County) where it produced quarter size hail. Law Enforcement officials in Panhandle reported the hail. The supercell quickly moved to the northeast and weakened slightly. No damage or injuries were associated with this report. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Panhandle | - | Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Carson County during the morning hours of the 19th. A member of the public reported a storm total of 2.54 inches in Panhandle (Carson County). |
| June 2013 | Hail | Panhandle | - | A cluster of thunderstorms developed along a stalling cold front during the evening hours of the 8th. This cluster of thunderstorms moved to the south across the Texas Panhandle. A trained storm spotter reported nickel size hail (0.88 inch) on Farm-to-Market Road 2880 9 miles south-southwest of White Deer (Carson County). The storm that produced this hail continued moving to the south across the county after producing this hail. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | - | Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Carson County during the morning hours of the 19th. This heavy rain caused flash flooding which stranded a motorist 3 miles north of Panhandle on Farm-to-Market Road 207 three miles north of Panhandle (Carson County). The flood water was reported to be 3 to 4 feet deep where the vehicle came to a rest. No injuries to the motorist were reported. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | - | Training thunderstorms brought heavy rain to Carson County during the morning hours of the 19th. This heavy rain caused flash flooding which swept a vehicle off of County Road 293 between County Roads J and H. A high water rescue was performed and the occupants in the vehicle were rescued uninjured. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Panhandle | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved southward across the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 14th. A trained storm spotter reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) near the town of Panhandle (Carson County). The thunderstorms continued moving southward after producing this hail. |
| July 2010 | Flash Flood | Panhandle | - | Local law enforcement officials reported that Farm to Market Road 293 west between Farm to Market Road 1342 and Farm to Market Road 2373 was closed due to high water and also that U.S. Highway 60 near Pantex was closed. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Panhandle | - | The Cooperative Observer reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Panhandle | - | The general public reported that the nickel to quarter size hail was covering the ground. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Panhandle | - | The report of hail was relayed by the National Weather Service Office in Lubbock. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Panhandle | - | The hail was accompanied by estimated wind gusts to forty-three knots. |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Carson County Square House Museum | 0.1 miles | 1973 |
| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Depot, Panhandle | 0.2 miles | 2003 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100000693 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Carson County | All 5 listed properties in this county. |
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