Goodwin, Arkansas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Goodwin Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72340. It stands on Hog Tusk Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wheatley quadrangle. 113 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 207 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1940 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Helena quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Wheatley quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Brinkley quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Goodwin between 1997 and 2015, burning about 1,361 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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/incendiarism | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 19 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 250 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 48 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodwin in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwin | $70,000 | Straight line winds produced damage to a mobile home roof in Goodwin. Two wood frame homes and a metal shop had roof damage. In addition, a grain bin was blown over. 3 miles north of Palestine, several trees were knocked down, blocking County Road 130. Campers and trampolines were tossed about. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Goodwin | $3,000 | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Goodwin | $100 | A tornado briefly touched down in Goodwin with some damage reported. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodwin | - | Straight line winds blew numerous trees down across St. Francis County. A few sheds were damaged as well. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blossom | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Wheatley | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Posey | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Four Gums | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Palestine | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Slonikers Mill | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Elcana | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Bryanville | 8.5 miles | 16 |
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 Goodwin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5583664 | 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 83159. 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.









