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Howardwick, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Clarendon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79226. It stands on Carrol Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roach Ranch quadrangle. 370 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,769 feet above sea level.

Howardwick within Donley County

Population over time

2 figures

Howardwick fell from 402 to 370 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.

YearPeople Change
2010402
2020370-32 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

80 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Howardwick between 2006 and 2019, burning about 29,199 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
3 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREENBELT LAKE
3 September 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHITCHIN' POST
7 August 2008Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePLAINVIEW ST
2 August 2009Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREENBELT FIRE
15 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREENBELT LAKE - WELTY POINT
12 August 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Donley County

Storms near this place

60 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Howardwick in 77 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 57 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 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
August 2025Thunderstorm WindHowardwick$50,000A collapsing thunderstorm brought damaging winds to locations northeast of Howardwick. Irrigation pivots were blown over and a barn was damaged. Tree branches were also snapped and torn off of trees.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindHowardwick$9,000Part of the roof of a mobile home was blown off. No injuries were reported.
May 2025HailHowardwick$3,000Quarter to golfball size hail fell on the north side of Howardwick.
March 2021FloodHowardwick$1,000Significant street flooding occurred due to heavy rainfall with severe thunderstorms in the area.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-Tree limbs up to 3 in diameter blown down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-A few trees were blown down near the Howardwick entrance off of Highway 70. One mile north of the entrance on Highway 70 there was also a carport roof that was also blown off.
July 2021HailHowardwick-Reported that hail was making a lot of noises banging on everything. Person estimates the largest hail stones to be at least the size of quarters. Hail had lasted for about 2 minutes.
July 2021HailHowardwick-Law Enforcement reported golf ball size upwards of 2 inch diameter hail, with damage to windshield of vehicle.
May 2020HailHowardwick-This hail was observed 1 mile southeast of Howardwick.
May 2020HailHowardwick-This hail was observed at Greenbelt Lake. The Twitter report included a photo of a measured hail stone.
June 2020HailHowardwick-At one mile north-northeast of Howardwick, dime to quarter size hail fell, with up to an inch of rain.
April 2019HailHowardwick-Accumulating hail several inches deep.
April 2019HailHowardwick-Accumulating hail between dime and quarter size.
April 2019FloodHowardwick-Water over roadway on Texas highway 70 in Howardwick, accumulating hail several inches deep.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Howardwick-NWS storm survey information suggests that the tornado touched down 1 mile southeast of Howardwick at 0725 PM CDT and lifted in Howardwick at 0728 pm CDT. This tornado was assigned an EF-0 rating based upon damage to trees, car ports and roofs of trailers.
May 2019Tornado (EF0)Howardwick-NWS damage survey information suggests that a tornado touched down 7 miles SSW of Alanreed at 0748 pm CDT and lifted 3 miles s of Alanreed at 0754 pm CDT. This tornado was assigned an ef-0 rating based upon damage to trees and barns in the area.
May 2016HailHowardwick-Quarter size hail fell in Howardwick.
May 2016HailHowardwick-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in Howardwick.
May 2016HailHowardwick-Golf ball size hail was reported one mile northeast of Howardwick.
May 2016HailHowardwick-Quarter size hail was reported three miles north of Hawardwick.
May 2016HailHowardwick-Ping pong ball size hail was reported in Howardwick.
May 2016Tornado (EF0)Howardwick-This was the first of two tornadoes that developed from the same supercell near Howardwick. The tornado motion was somewhat unusual as it moved toward the west. Damage from this short track small tornado included broken limbs, 1-3 inches in diameter. Damage was consistent with EF-0 with estimated peak wind of 80 mph.
May 2016Tornado (EF1)Howardwick-This was the second of two tornadoes that developed from the same supercell near Howardwick. The tornado motion was somewhat unusual as it moved toward the northwest. Damage from this tornado included broken limbs, trees uprooted, and a power pole was broken at rotten base. This tornado was rated an EF-1 with an estimated peak wind of 94 mph.
May 2016HailHowardwick-Golf ball size hail was reported south of Clarendon College.
May 2016HailHowardwick-Quarter size hail was reported in Howardwick.
May 2016HailHowardwick-Quarter size hail fell on Highway 70 10 miles north of Clarendon.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-Late report...68 mph thunderstorm wind gust received from broadcast media.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-Scattered thunderstorms developed across Donley County during the evening hours of the 12th. As a storm approached the town of Clarendon (Donley County), the KVII Schoolnet site 11 miles north of Clarendon recorded a 63 mph downburst. After producing this downburst the storm continued to move eastward across the county.
June 2014HailHowardwick-Another discrete supercell moving northeastward entered southern Donley County around 10 PM CST. As this supercell moved near the town of Howardwich (Donley County), a storm chaser reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch). After producing this hail, the supercell continued to move northeastward across the county.
August 2014HailHowardwick-A cluster of thunderstorms developed over Donley County during the afternoon hours of the 28th. As these storms neared Greenbelt Lake (Donley County), a trained storm spotter reported tennis ball size hail (2.50 inches) one mile east of Greenbelt Lake (Donley County). After producing this hail, the storms continued to move to the northeast across the county.
August 2014HailHowardwick-A cluster of thunderstorms developed over Donley County during the afternoon hours of the 28th. As these storms neared Greenbelt Lake (Donley County), a trained storm spotter reported half dollar size hail (1.25 inch) one mile east of Greenbelt Lake (Donley County). After producing this hail, the storms continued to move to the northeast across the county.
August 2014HailHowardwick-A cluster of thunderstorms developed over Donley County during the afternoon hours of the 28th. As these storms neared Greenbelt Lake (Donley County), a trained storm spotter reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) one mile east of Greenbelt Lake (Donley County). After producing this hail, the storms continued to move to the northeast across the county.
August 2014HailHowardwick-A cluster of thunderstorms developed over Donley County during the afternoon hours of the 28th. As these storms neared Greenbelt Lake (Donley County), a trained storm spotter reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) one mile east of Greenbelt Lake (Donley County). After producing this hail, the storms continued to move to the northeast across the county.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-Discrete thunderstorms developed across Donley County during the afternoon hours of the 8th. As these thunderstorms moved over Howardwick (Donley County), an amateur radio operator reported an estimated 80 mph thunderstorm downburst which damaged multiple trailers, blew down 100 trees, and lifted roof of trailer house and a old restaurant. After producing this gusts the storms continued to move to the northeast across the county.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-Discrete thunderstorms developed across Donley County during the afternoon hours of the 8th. As these thunderstorms moved over Howardwick (Donley County), a storm chaser reported an estimated 80 mph thunderstorm downburst which damaged 5 carports. After producing this gusts the storms continued to move to the northeast across the county.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-Discrete thunderstorms developed across Donley County during the afternoon hours of the 8th. As these thunderstorms moved over Clarendon (Donley County), a storm chaser reported an estimated 70 mph thunderstorm downburst which blew down a large tree across County Road 20 and on Farm-to-Market 1260. After producing this gusts the storms continued to move to the northeast across the county.
May 2013HailHowardwick-A trained storm spotter reported nickle size hail in Howardwick (Donley County). The hail was produced from a developing squall line that stretched from Grey County to Hall County and moving to the east-northeast.
June 2013HailHowardwick-Discrete thunderstorms developed over the southern Texas Panhandle during the evening hours of the 16th. One of these thunderstorms developed over northern Carson County and moved to the south-southeast across the southern Texas Panhandle. While the thunderstorm moved over Donley County, a storm chaser three miles northwest of Clarendon (Donley County) reported quarter size hail (1.00 inch) accumulating on Highway 287. The thunderstorm continued to move to the south-southeast across the county after producing this hail.
May 2013HailHowardwick-As a thunderstorm developed over Donley County, it produced nickel size hail 5 miles southwest of Howardwick (Donley County). This storm slowly moved to the northeast and began to quickly decay due to the inflow getting cut off by another developing thunderstorm to the south. Before dissipating this thunderstorm also produced pea size hail one mile northwest of Howardwick (Donley County).
May 2013HailHowardwick-An intensifying thunderstorm over the southern Texas Panhandle produced nickel size hail. A storm chaser reported this hail 3 miles north of the city of Howardwick (Donley County). No other information was given with this report.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-The public estimated the thunderstorm wind gusts between fifty-two and sixty-one knots in the town of Howardwick, Texas in Donley County. There was no damage and no injuries or fatalities were reported.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-Several large cottonwood trees were uprooted just south of Howardwick in the Kelly Creek Crossing area of Greenbelt Lake by strong thunderstorm wind gusts. The time of the wind event was estimated.
March 2007HailHowardwick-Reported on State Highway 273.
April 1997Flash FloodHowardwick-Bridge in city covered by 3 feet of water.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-Thunderstorms produced dime- to golf ball-size hail and winds estimated in excess of 60 mph by storm spotters. A lightning fire in Borger cause $7,000 damage to a home.
May 2023HailHowardwick-no account filed
June 2022HailHowardwick-no account filed
April 2019HailHowardwick-no account filed
March 2019HailHowardwick-no account filed
March 2017HailHowardwick-no account filed
May 2017HailHowardwick-no account filed
May 2017HailHowardwick-no account filed
May 2017HailHowardwick-no account filed
May 2017HailHowardwick-no account filed
April 2012HailHowardwick-no account filed
April 2012HailHowardwick-no account filed
June 2012HailHowardwick-no account filed
July 2009HailHowardwick-no account filed
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHowardwick-no account filed
June 2008HailHowardwick-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Donley 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
Clarendon6.9 miles8
Ashtola7.5 miles7
Jericho9.4 miles6
Rockledge10.6 miles6
Lelia Lake11.8 miles8
Hedley17.6 miles8
McKnight20.6 miles8
Giles22.7 miles8

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 HowardwickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979491The 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 1359741. 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.