Gotebo, Oklahoma
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mountain View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73041. The Survey maps it on the Gotebo East quadrangle. 174 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGotebo fell from 226 to 174 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 | 226 | |
| 2020 | 174 | -52 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Gotebo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Gotebo East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Anadarko quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Gotebo between 2001 and 2020, burning about 300 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Anadarko Agency | TAPMAH |
| 1 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Anadarko Agency | HODDLEPU |
| 1 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | COURTNEY |
| 1 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Anadarko Agency | COUNTYLINE |
| 5 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | GOTEBO |
| 24 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 acres | Anadarko Agency | RAINEY MOUNTAIN |
| 20 October 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Anadarko Agency | HANDGRINDER FIRE |
| 24 January 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Anadarko Agency | HANDGRINDER 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Gotebo: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolese Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dolese Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dolese Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
55 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gotebo in 55 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 46 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Gotebo | $10,000 | D2. Kiowa County portion. This multiple-vortex tornado developed 1 mile north of Gotebo, resulting in mostly minor tree damage before crossing into Washita County at 1649 CST. F1 damage was observed, however, 5 miles west of Mountain View, where a wood-frame barn was heavily damage. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotebo | $5,000 | Highway poles downed at US 54 and 1360. |
| May 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotebo | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2026 | Hail | Gotebo | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Gotebo | - | MPing report. Additional confirmation from broadcast media livestream of at least baseball size hail. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotebo | - | Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Gotebo | - | At least tennis ball size hail noted on livestream video. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Gotebo | - | Water over the roadway. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotebo | - | Estimated at the 54 truck stop. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gotebo | - | An off-duty NWS meteorologist, working as part of a hail research team reported a six inch diameter hailstone two miles north of Gotebo. The hailstone caused significant damage to one of the team's vehicles. Further investigation and discussion with the Oklahoma State Climatologist confirmed that this hailstone is the largest hailstone on record in Oklahoma. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Gotebo | - | Lots of penny-sized hail was reported. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Gotebo | - | Hail was reported covering the ground. |
| May 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Gotebo | - | A long, horizontal funnel cloud extended into the clear slot of the storm. No wall cloud was observed. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| October 2007 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| August 2006 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Gotebo | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Gotebo | - | 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 Gotebo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2844182 | 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 1093272. 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.




