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Goldthwaite, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goldthwaite census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76844. The Survey maps it on the Goldthwaite quadrangle. 1,738 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,572 feet above sea level.

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Goldthwaite within Mills County

On record in Goldthwaite

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 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Goldthwaite grew from 1,282 to 1,738 between 1900 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
19001,282
20101,878
20201,738-140 (-7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Goldthwaite between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,571 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural1

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
16 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AIDE MILLS COUNTY
15 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMILLS COUNTY AIDE
26 June 2013Debris and open burning57 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGOLDTHWAITE 16 FIRE
24 June 2018Natural771 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 402
24 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE ON CR 418
11 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 March 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHELTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mills County

Storms near this place

57 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goldthwaite in 57 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 28 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 12 flash flood, 3 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
February 1997Flash FloodGoldthwaite$2,000,000no account filed
January 1998Tornado (F1)Goldthwaite$40,000A tornado severely damaged a mobile home.
March 2004Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite$30,000A mobile home was damaged by high winds and there were numerous reports of barns destroyed.
June 2003LightningGoldthwaite$20,00027 goats and some cows were killed by lightning.
June 2023HailGoldthwaite$10,000Golf ball to 2 hail was reported from south of Goldthwaite east along CR 306. Some windows were broken south of Goldthwaite on Hwy 183.
March 2021HailGoldthwaite$10,000Golf ball size hail was reported at Goldthwaite High School.
May 2011HailGoldthwaite$10,000Golfball sized hail fell in Goldthwaite. The hail broke glass windows at the Mills County Courthouse, damaged skylights at the elementary school, and dented cars.
May 2006HailGoldthwaite$10,000no account filed
April 2014HailGoldthwaite$8,000Mills County sheriff's deputies reported golf ball sized hail approximately four miles south of Goldthwaite.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite$5,000A house suffered roof damage west of Goldthwaite.
May 2010HailGoldthwaite$5,000Goldthwaite police officers reported golfball sized hail on highway 183 south of town.
April 1999Tornado (F0)Goldthwaite$5,000Large trees were uprooted and small buildings were destoryed by a brief tornado.
June 2023HailGoldthwaite$5,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite$2,000Trees were blown down by high winds on FM 574 southwest of Goldthwaite and near Mullin.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite$2,000Trees were blown down in town.
March 1997Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite$2,000no account filed
May 2024Flash FloodGoldthwaite-Emergency management reported that water flooded Highway 84 near Goldthwaite.
May 2024HailGoldthwaite-Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
April 2019HailGoldthwaite-Mills County Sheriff's Department reported nickel size hail in the city of Goldthwaite, TX.
March 2015HailGoldthwaite-The Mills County Sheriff's Office reported quarter sized hail in the city of Goldthwaite.
March 2015HailGoldthwaite-Quarter-sized hail was reported 6 miles west of Goldthwaite.
May 2014Flash FloodGoldthwaite-Water was reported over Highway 16 to the southwest of Goldthwaite.
May 2009HailGoldthwaite-Nickel size hail fell in Goldthwaite.
May 2007Flash FloodGoldthwaite-FM 572 and FM 2005 were flooded and closed.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite-Large tree limbs blown down.
August 2005Flash FloodGoldthwaite-The intersection of county roads 306 and 307 was flooded as well as a few other nearby roads.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite-Occurred at Lake Merrit.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite-A large pecan tree was blown down by high winds.
January 1998Tornado (F0)Goldthwaite-A brief tornado touchdown was reported.
June 1997Flash FloodGoldthwaite-Pecan Bayou Creek flooded Highway 574.
June 1997Flash FloodGoldthwaite-Numerous low-water crossings were flooded.
June 1997Flash FloodGoldthwaite-Numerous roads were reported flooded.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite-Large tree limbs were broken by high winds.
October 1993HailGoldthwaite-Dime-size hail was reported by the Sheriff's Office in Goldthwaite.
May 1993HailGoldthwaite-The Department of Public Safety reported dime-size hail in Goldthwaite.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite-no account filed
August 2003Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite-no account filed
May 2002HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
April 2001HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
March 2001HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
May 2001HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
April 1999HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
May 1999HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
May 1999HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
May 1999HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
January 1998HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
April 1998HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
April 1998HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
April 1998HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
April 1998HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
February 1997Flash FloodGoldthwaite-no account filed
March 1997Flash FloodGoldthwaite-no account filed
April 1997HailGoldthwaite-no account filed
March 1997Flash FloodGoldthwaite-no account filed
January 1996Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite-no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodGoldthwaite-no account filed
April 1995Thunderstorm WindGoldthwaite-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Mills 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
Durenville3.1 miles14
Bozar4.8 miles16
Big Valley6.0 miles16
Castor6.4 miles15
Center City8.7 miles12
Caradan8.7 miles13
Mullin8.9 miles17
Pleasant Grove9.2 miles12

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 GoldthwaiteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q975897The 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 1358127. 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.

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.