Goodway, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Frisco City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36445. The Survey maps it on the Uriah East quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Andalusia quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Uriah East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Atmore quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Goodway between 1994 and 2019, burning about 684 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Goodway: 5 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Quartz | |
| Goodway Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hyatt Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Repton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| St. Regis Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodway in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodway | $20,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm blew several trees down and turned over a travel trailer near Goodway. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodway | $3,000 | Local law enforcement reported very high winds, small hail, and several trees blown down in and around the community as strong thunderstorms moved through the area. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Goodway | - | Heavy rain caused water to overflow roadway on Highway 21S. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Goodway | - | Golfball size hail fell near the community. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Goodway | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Goodway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Megargel | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Uriah | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Jeddo | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Halls Crossroads | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Frisco City | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Palmers Crossroads | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Excel | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Manistee | 8.1 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 Goodway | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5583641 | 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 119153. 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.



