BlockGoodwell, Oklahoma
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Guymon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73939. The Survey maps it on the Goodwell quadrangle. 951 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,301 feet above sea level.
On record in Goodwell
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Franklin Halllisted 2007
Population over time
2 figuresGoodwell fell from 1,293 to 951 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 | 1,293 | |
| 2020 | 951 | -342 (-26%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Goodwell quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Guymon quadrangle1:100000
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 Goodwell: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Caliche Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
60 of 167 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodwell in 167 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 98 thunderstorm wind, 63 hail, 3 tornado, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | $37,000 | Patrol vehicle reported to be damaged by tree blowing over onto it. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Goodwell | $30,000 | The tornado remained over open country. The tornado knocked down powerlines north of Texhoma...destroyed one hog barn with major damage to two others...and two homes in rural Texas county received major damage. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | $20,000 | Half of the roof blown was off of a mobile home in Goodwell. Some 6-inch diameter tree limbs were downed. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Goodwell | $15,000 | A supercell thunderstorm brought a swath of large hail to the areas around Goodwell in Texas County. Baseball size hail fell around six miles west of Goodwell. The largest hailstone that was observed was three inches which occurred three miles southwest of Goodwell. Golfball size hail fell five miles south of Goodwell which resulted in hail damage to trailers and broken windows. Golfball size hail also fell in Goodwell. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | $15,000 | Damage was reported to out buildings. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | $5,000 | Three vehicles in a 100 yard area had their windows damaged by the wind or flying debris carried by the wind. Multiple tree limbs, with two as large as 8 inches in diameter, were also blown down. This occurred near the campus of Oklahoma Panhandle State University. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Goodwell | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm over Texas county produced hail up to golfball size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Oklahoma Highway Patrol, storm spotters and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of trailer homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Goodwell | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm over Texas County produced hail up to golf ball-size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Office of Highway Patrol (OHP), storm spotters, and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of mobile homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Goodwell | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm over Texas county produced hail up to golfball size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Oklahoma Highway Patrol, storm spotters and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of trailer homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage. |
| June 1994 | Hail | Goodwell | $5,000 | A severe thunderstorm over Texas County produced hail up to golf ball-size. This storm had reports from the Guymon Office of Highway Patrol (OHP), storm spotters, and an Amarillo TV station. There were several reports of broken windows and the sides of mobile homes were dented. Local corn and wheat fields also received severe damage. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Goodwell | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Lightning | Goodwell | $4,000 | Thunderstorms which moved across Goodwell Oklahoma during the early morning hours knocked out power to around six hundred and eighty Tri-County Electric customers. No injuries were reported. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | $2,000 | A trained spotter reported a downed power pole in Goodwell and that much of the east side of Goodwell was without power. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | Strong thunderstorm outflow lead to severe wind gusts in Texas county including Goodwell. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A heat burst occurred around 2030 CDT from decaying thunderstorms. This resulted in a few large tree branches being snapped to the east northeast of Goodwell. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Emergency manager relayed this report to the NWS in Amarillo. An off duty dispatcher reported large hail near baseball size on highway 54 between Goodwell and Texhoma. Was said that the hail stopped just before Goodwell. The dispatcher also reported there was enough hail to cover roadway and they had major cracks in windshield. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | The mesonet station at Goodwell measured a 60 mph gust between 0335CDT and 0340CDT. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | Initial severe wind gust occurred at 2010 CDT with peak gust around 2015 CDT. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | This gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station 2 miles east of Goodwell. |
| March 2020 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Accumulating pea size hail was reported. There was enough to make the ground look white. Some dime up to nickel size hail was mixed in. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Nickel size hail fell in Goodwell. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Golf ball size hail fell 1 mile east-southeast of Goodwell. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A 61 mph gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station 2 miles east of Goodwell. No damage was reported. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | This gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet station 2 miles east of Goodwell. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | Gusts over 60 mph were measured in 1 minute observations several times during this 10 minute period. Of which 65 MPH gust is the highest. |
| August 2020 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Spotter reported hail was mostly pea with a few ping pong ball size stones mixed in. The hail was short lived. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Quarter to golfball sized hail in Goodwell. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Quarter to golfball sized hail in Goodwell. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | Goodwell firefighter reports estimated 75 to 80 mph with initial gust front. A friend of his 3 miles north of town lost power. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Quarter to half dollar sized hail reported. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Goodwell | - | Late report, time estimated by radar. |
| May 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Goodwell | - | A tornado touched down just south of Goodwell, causing a damage path approximately 50 yards wide and a quarter mile long. The tornado caused a barn to collapse after lifting the roof off of it. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | Roof blown off barn, and another barn collapsed near Goodwell, OK. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | Thunderstorm wind gust due to micro burst. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A 70 mph wind gust was measured by the KVII schoolet set in Goodwell. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A 60 mph wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma mesonet site located in Goodwell. |
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A 63 mph wind gust was measured by the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 65 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 64 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 67 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 58 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 59 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 66 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved out of southeastern Colorado and southwestern Kansas and into the Oklahoma Panhandle during the evening hours of the 30th. As this cluster of thunderstorms moved over the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma Mesonet 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 60 mph downburst gust. After producing this downburst the cluster of thunderstorms continued to move to the southeast. |
| October 2014 | Hail | Goodwell | - | A cluster of thunderstorms moved into Texas County during the evening hours of the 9th. As this cluster of storms approached the town of Goodwell (Texas County), a member of the public reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) in town. After producing this hail the cluster of storms continued to move eastward across the county. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A decaying thunderstorm moved across Texas County during the evening hours of the 22nd. As it neared the city of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell measured a 58 mph thunderstorm downburst gust. This storm continued to move eastward after producing this gust. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A decaying thunderstorm moved across Texas County during the evening hours of the 22nd. As it neared the city of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell measured a 67 mph thunderstorm downburst gust. This storm continued to move eastward after producing this gust. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A line of thunderstorms moved into the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 22nd. As the line neared the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 64 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the line continued moving southward across the county. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A line of thunderstorms moved into the central Oklahoma Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 22nd. As the line neared the town of Goodwell (Texas County), the Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 58 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the line continued moving southward across the county. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Goodwell | - | A discrete supercell thunderstorm developed over the northeastern New Mexico Plains and moved to the east across the western Oklahoma Panhandle. As this thunderstorm neared Goodwell (Texas County), trained storm spotter in Goodwell (Texas County) reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). After producing this hail the supercell continued moving to the east across the southern portion of the county. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A squall line moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the late night hours of the 7th. As the squall line moved across Texas County, the Oklahoma Mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 66 mph thunderstorm wind gust. The squall line continued to move to the east after producing this gust and exited the panhandle by midnight of the 8th. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | A squall line moved across the Oklahoma Panhandle during the late night hours of the 7th. As the squall line moved across Texas County, the Oklahoma Mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County) reported a 68 mph thunderstorm wind gust. The squall line continued to move to the east after producing this gust and exited the panhandle by midnight of the 8th. |
| October 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | An embedded thunderstorm within an eastward moving line of thunderstorms briefly intensified while moving across the Oklahoma Panhandle. This storm produced a 71 mph downburst 2 miles east of Goodwell (Texas County). The Oklahoma mesonet site 2 miles east of Goodwell was able to measure this downburst. After producing this downburst, the nocturnal inversion strengthened sufficiently to prevent any further downbursts during the evening hours of the 10th. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Goodwell | - | The Emergency Manager reported that quarter size hail fell of U.S. Highway 54 and was covering the ground. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Panhandle State University. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Goodwell | - | A trained spotter reported that part of the golf course in Goodwell was flooded and that the bar ditches were overflowing. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Goodwell | - | The hail was reportedly covering the ground. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site located two miles east of Goodwell. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site located two miles east of Goodwell. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwell | - | The thunderstorm wind gust was measured at the Oklahoma Mesonet site located two miles east of Goodwell. |
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 Goodwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2412367 | 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 1093259. 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.
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.