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Goodwyn, Alabama

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Tuskegee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36075. It stands on Calebee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shorter quadrangle.

Goodwyn within Macon County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

140 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Goodwyn between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,546 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 26 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Arson/incendiarism26
Smoking17
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
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
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160930-1
29 September 2003Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2004Smokingunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionCO ROAD 7, AL
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190913-4
12 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Macon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Goodwyn: 9 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE. 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
Shorter PitsSand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REEProducerPlacer
B. & W. Shorter MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Calloway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Milstead PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Milstead QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Mitylene QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Shorter MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Shorter QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Shorters Station QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Ward PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Macon 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
Milstead2.0 miles9
Shorter3.1 miles9
Hornady4.1 miles9
Tysonville4.3 miles9
Calebee4.5 miles9
Talasse (historical)5.2 miles9
La Place5.6 miles9
Cross Keys7.5 miles9

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.

Wikidata item Q122572000The 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 156417. 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.