Road closures in Upton County amid dangerous wind conditions
The Upton County Sheriff’s Office has issued a travel alert amid multiple road closures cause by high winds and dangerous driving conditions. UCSO said Texas Highway 349 is closed starting at the ...
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An abandoned West Texas oil well has created a 200-foot-wide sinkhole
The Kelton Ranch is a few miles outside McCamey in rural Upton County. McCamey is one of countless Texas towns formed in an oil boom. Wildcatter George McCamey struck oil in 1925 and soon several ...
Massive 200-Foot Texas Sinkhole Grows Rapidly
The sinkhole, which is so wide and deep that it could comfortably contain a four-story building, is feared to still be growing.
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An Oil Well Sinkhole Grows in the Permian Basin
A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas. Radford Grocery #17 was ...
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An abandoned West Texas oil well has created a 200-foot-wide sinkhole
The rapidly-growing sinkhole in Upton County is the latest of many problems caused by old wells in the Permian Basin. A sinkhole in Upton County formed around an oil well that was plugged in the ...