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Goodale, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Exeter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93286. It lies near Wutchumna Hill. The Survey maps it on the Woodlake quadrangle.

Goodale within Tulare County

Then and now

1928 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Goodale, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Goodale, surveyed 1928

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Goodale between 1992 and 2018, burning about 3,426 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 54 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
Equipment and vehicle use61
Arson/incendiarism54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Debris and open burning13
Natural6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTulare UnitDRY
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitCOUNTY OF TULARE#74
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE CO # 72
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitVALLEY
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism11 acresTulare UnitBADGER
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTulare UnitBADGER 2
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitTULARE COUNTY #118
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCentral California DistrictLOMITAS TULARE CO12

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Goodale: 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Goodale DepositFeldsparPast Producer
Agnes FletcherGoldProspect
HamiltonCopperOccurrence
Hamilton CopperCopperProspect
Hamilton Ranch DepositMagnesiteProspect
Lemon Cove Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Naranjo DepositsMagnesiteProspect
Pacific Cement & Aggregate Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Richmond Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lemon Cove PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Tulare 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
Lemoncove1.1 miles19
Citro1.5 miles19
Sandspur (historical)1.5 miles19
Lindcove1.8 miles23
Naranjo2.1 miles19
Saint Johns2.9 miles19
Woodlake3.8 miles19
Yokohl4.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660688. 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.