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Goodman, Missouri

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Erie Goodman Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64843. The Survey maps it on the Anderson quadrangle. 1,202 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,250 feet above sea level.

Goodman within McDonald County

Population over time

2 figures

Goodman fell from 1,248 to 1,202 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,248
20201,202-46 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Goodman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use40 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
28 August 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
24 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservation230658-07334-08242020-1125
3 July 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
13 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
20 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
2 May 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
17 May 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McDonald County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Goodman: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown - Lead & Zinc & IronIron, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Hathaway QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Old Camp Crowder QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unknown - Ls.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in McDonald County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodman in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 18 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Tornado (EF2)Goodman$1,000,000An EF-2 tornado hit the town of Goodman in McDonald County and continued northeastward into southern Newton County southeast of Neosho. Numerous homes and buildings were damaged. The school in Goodman was destroyed. The tornado started southwest of Goodman and ended on the southwest side of Granby.
June 2014Flash FloodGoodman$10,000There was a water rescue on the south side of Goodman. There were cars stranded along Highway 59 south of Goodman under a railroad overpass.
August 2002HailGoodman$10,000no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindGoodman$10,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGoodman$5,000Tree limbs were reported downed over the road.
April 2022Flash FloodGoodman$5,000Heavy rain caused multiple city streets to become flooded. One house reported minor amounts of water entering the home.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGoodman$5,000Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over two power poles and several large tree limbs. A large tent was also blown down along Highway B.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGoodman$2,000Several trees were uprooted and power lines blown down.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGoodman-A large tree was reported uprooted.
June 2025Heavy RainGoodman-A rainfall total of 2.12 inches fell in one hour in Goodman.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodman-Several large trees were reported down in and around town.
May 2020HailGoodman-Half dollar sized hail was reported.
May 2020HailGoodman-Ping pong sized hail was reported.
March 2017HailGoodman-This report was from social media with a picture.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindGoodman-Estimated wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph were reported with power flashes.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindGoodman-Wind gusts up to 60 mph were estimated.
May 2005Flash FloodGoodman-Heavy thunderstorms caused flooding along the Newton-McDonald County line just north of Goodman off of Highway 71. Several low water crossings became impassable.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindGoodman-Several trees were downed from thunderstorm wind gusts.
March 2015HailGoodman-no account filed
June 2014HailGoodman-no account filed
May 2014HailGoodman-no account filed
April 2013HailGoodman-no account filed
April 2011HailGoodman-no account filed
April 2011HailGoodman-no account filed
June 2009HailGoodman-no account filed
December 2008Thunderstorm WindGoodman-no account filed
June 2006HailGoodman-no account filed
June 2006HailGoodman-no account filed
September 2006HailGoodman-no account filed
April 2004HailGoodman-no account filed
May 2003HailGoodman-no account filed
March 1999HailGoodman-no account filed
January 1996HailGoodman-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McDonald County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Erie2.1 miles13
Kelley Springs2.1 miles13
Elliff3.5 miles13
Splitlog3.9 miles13
McNatt4.6 miles13
May6.6 miles16
Wylie6.6 miles13
Anderson6.7 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GoodmanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q967708The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 729895. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.