Odell, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fargo-Odell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79247. The Survey maps it on the Odell quadrangle. It stands 1,348 feet above sea level.
On record in Odell
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
Doan's Adobe Houselisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Elmer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Odell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Odell between 2006 and 2015, burning about 3,048 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2010 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RONNIE WILSON |
| 10 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKETT |
| 7 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 104 W FIRE |
| 6 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHIILICOTHE MUTUAL AIDE |
| 4 July 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OBENHOUSE |
Storms near this place
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Odell in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 26 thunderstorm wind, 17 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorms during the evening of the 3rd produced damaging winds and one tornado. The tornado was a brief F0 spotted on the Red River 11 miles northwest of Goodlett in Hardeman County. (This is the same tornado reported in Oklahoma in Harmon County 15 miles south-southwest of Gould.) Severe thunderstorm winds in Wilbarger County downed six utility poles one miles south of Odell and felled large trees in Odell, one onto a house. |
| June 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorms during the evening of the 3rd produced damaging winds and one tornado. The tornado was a brief F0 spotted on the Red River 11 miles northwest of Goodlett in Hardeman County. (This is the same tornado reported in Oklahoma in Harmon County 15 miles south-southwest of Gould.) Severe thunderstorm winds in Wilbarger County downed six utility poles one miles south of Odell and felled large trees in Odell, one onto a house. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Odell | $2,000 | The hail broke a windshield of a vehicle on Highway 287 near the Hardeman and Wilbarger county line. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | $2,000 | A roof was damaged on the south side of town, and power lines were downed. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Odell (ODEL) Mesonet observation. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Odell (ODEL) Mesonet observation. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Odell (ODEL) Mesonet observation. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Odell (ODEL) Mesonet observation. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Odell (ODEL) Mesonet observation. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Odell | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Odell | - | The tornado that began in northeast Hardeman County moved through the far northwest corner of Wilbarger County before crossing the Red River into Jackson County Oklahoma. No damage was known to have occurred in this rural area Wilbarger County. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Odell | - | The tornado crossed from Jackson County Oklahoma into far northern Wilbarger County between Odell TX and Elmer OK, before crossing the Red River for the third time back into Jackson County Oklahoma. Again, no damage is known to have occurred in this portion of Wilbarger County. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Measured by Texas Tech Mesonet. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Odell | - | The hail was reported near FM 1924 and County Road 85N. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | Several power poles were downed. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Odell | - | Water covered many roads in Odell, making them impassable. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Odell | - | Hail was observed on south side of town. |
| February 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| January 2010 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | no account filed |
| October 1994 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Odell | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Odell | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| White City | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Northside | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fargo | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Doans | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Tolbert | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Farmers Valley | 12.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hinds | 14.4 miles | 9 | |
| Vernon | 15.5 miles | 9 |
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 Odell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7077629 | 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 1364340. 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.



