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.
Population over time
2 figuresGoodman 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,248 | |
| 2020 | 1,202 | -46 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1940 USGS Noel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Noel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Tulsa quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Anderson quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Neosho quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 28 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 24 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 230658-07334-08242020-1125 |
| 3 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 13 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 20 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri State Fire Marshal's Office | not named |
| 2 May 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown - Lead & Zinc & Iron | Iron, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hathaway Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Old Camp Crowder Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Goodman | $1,000,000 | An 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Goodman | $10,000 | There 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 2002 | Hail | Goodman | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | $5,000 | Tree limbs were reported downed over the road. |
| April 2022 | Flash Flood | Goodman | $5,000 | Heavy rain caused multiple city streets to become flooded. One house reported minor amounts of water entering the home. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked over two power poles and several large tree limbs. A large tent was also blown down along Highway B. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | $2,000 | Several trees were uprooted and power lines blown down. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | A large tree was reported uprooted. |
| June 2025 | Heavy Rain | Goodman | - | A rainfall total of 2.12 inches fell in one hour in Goodman. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | Several large trees were reported down in and around town. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Goodman | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Goodman | - | Ping pong sized hail was reported. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Goodman | - | This report was from social media with a picture. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | Estimated wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph were reported with power flashes. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | Wind gusts up to 60 mph were estimated. |
| May 2005 | Flash Flood | Goodman | - | 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 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | Several trees were downed from thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Goodman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q967708 | The 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.






