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Goodlett, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Goodlett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79252. The Survey maps it on the Goodlett quadrangle.

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Goodlett within Hardeman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

1 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Goodlett in 2006, burning about 1 acre 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
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 January 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hardeman County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Goodlett: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Acme Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Acme MineGypsum-AnhydriteProducerEvaporite, Marine
Acme QuarryGypsum-AnhydriteProducer

Every working recorded in Hardeman County

Storms near this place

60 of 86 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodlett in 86 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 42 thunderstorm wind, 40 hail, 3 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGoodlett$50,000no account filed
May 1993HailGoodlett$50,000no account filed
August 2013Thunderstorm WindGoodlett$12,000An empty semi was overturned 2 miles west of Goodlett.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindGoodlett$100Two to three inch tree limbs were downed.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation. Severe (>50-knot) wind gusts occurred during the event time, with the peak wind gust of 51 knots occurring at 2227 LST.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation. Severe (>50-knot) wind gusts occurred during the event time, with the peak gust of 75 knots occurring at 2237 LST.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation. Severe (>50-knot) wind gusts occurred during the event time, with the peak gust of 66 knots occurring at 1944 LST.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
June 2023HailGoodlett-Image shared via KOLJ. Time is radar estimated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Goodlett (GOOD) Mesonet observation.
March 2021Tornado (EFU)Goodlett-A spotter reported a brief tornado developed approximately 3 miles north of Goodlett. No damage was reported.
May 2015HailGoodlett-No damage reported.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Estimated 60 mph winds. No damage information was provided.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Mesonet site near Goodlett measured a gust to 60 mph.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-Up to nickel-size hail also occurred.
October 2011HailGoodlett-In addition to the hail, a wind gust of 60 mph was estimated.
May 2011HailGoodlett-Up to half-dollar size occurred over the northern portion of town.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-No damage was reported with the wind gust.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-The wind gust was estimated one mile northeast of the North Groesbeck community.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-The wind gust was reported at the West Texas Mesonet site near Goodlett.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-The wind gust was measured at the West Texas Mesonet near Goodlett.
September 2007Flash FloodGoodlett-Water was flowing across US HWY 287. 2.61 inches of precipitation was measured at the Goodlett Mesonet site in one hour.
April 2006HailGoodlett-Hail was observed near the Red River.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-A wet microburst caused a strong wind gust which was measured by the West Texas Mesonet site near Goodlett.
May 2001Tornado (F0)Goodlett-This tornado was reported by the Department of Public Safety in Chillicothe. The tornado traveled a very short distance before dissipating, and no damage occurred.
April 2024HailGoodlett-no account filed
February 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
February 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
February 2023Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
July 2021Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
August 2020Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
May 2020HailGoodlett-no account filed
May 2020HailGoodlett-no account filed
May 2020HailGoodlett-no account filed
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
May 2018HailGoodlett-no account filed
May 2018Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
May 2016HailGoodlett-no account filed
May 2016HailGoodlett-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
July 2016Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
October 2016Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
April 2014HailGoodlett-no account filed
April 2014HailGoodlett-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
April 2012HailGoodlett-no account filed
April 2012Thunderstorm WindGoodlett-no account filed
October 2009HailGoodlett-no account filed
June 2008HailGoodlett-no account filed
June 2007HailGoodlett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hardeman 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
Wheatland1.9 miles10
Punkin Center3.2 miles10
Acme (historical)3.2 miles10
Talbert Crossing5.4 miles10
North Groesbeck6.1 miles9
Middleburg6.6 miles10
Lazare7.2 miles10
Quanah7.8 miles10

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 GoodlettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122570429The 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 1358156. 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.