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Goodman, Arkansas

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Bauxite Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72011. It stands on Cold Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bryant quadrangle.

Goodman within Saline County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 23 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

205 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Goodman between 1997 and 2020, burning about 910 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 61 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
Arson/incendiarism61
Debris and open burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor20 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionSAL22536123

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saline County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Goodman: 38 unknowns, 8 past producers, 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Clay, Niobium (Columbium), Kaolin, Aluminum. 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
Alcoa Arkansas OperationsAluminum, Gallium, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProducer1886, 1952
Arkansas Bauxite RegionKaolin, AluminumProducer1887, 1896
Bryant MillTalc-Soapstone, Slate, DimensionProducer
Hurricane Creek DepositNiobium (Columbium)Occurrence
Milwhite BariteBarium-BariteProducer
Quapaw Bauxite MineAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreePast Producer1920, 1932
Republic Mining & Mgf. Co.IronUnknown
Saline CountyAluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1887
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Hicks and Rodenbaugh Clay BanksClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Saline 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
Lignite0.9 miles23
Pine Haven1.1 miles23
Dirtdauber (historical)1.2 miles23
Brooks1.3 miles23
Brooks (historical)1.3 miles23
Bryant2.7 miles23
Gibbons (historical)2.7 miles23
Bauxite2.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 57034. 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.