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Goodmill, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Sierra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93621. It stands on Abbott Creek. The Survey maps it on the Verplank Ridge quadrangle. It stands 3,717 feet above sea level.

Goodmill within Fresno County

Then and now

1922 to 1987

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 Goodmill, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Goodmill, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Goodmill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,501 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined18 acresSequoia National ForestCOOKS
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksSWALE
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSequoia National ForestSNOWLINE
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSequoia National ForestDUDE
3 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksCONE
28 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksLION
24 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksAZALEA
24 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSequoia & Kings Canyon National ParksPAN POINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fresno County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Goodmill: 9 unknowns, 8 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, 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
RockpileStoneProspect
Unnamed LocationStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Converse CreekTungstenOccurrence
Indian Gap No 1TungstenOccurrence
Lone Pine Nos 1-3 ClaimsTungstenUnknown
Lone Pine Nos. 1-3 ClaimsTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
CenterGold, SilverOccurrence
George GartonSilverUnknown
Olympia ClaimGold, SilverUnknown
Peeler ClaimGold, SilverUnknown

Every working recorded in Fresno 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
Millwood (historical)2.7 miles23
Cedarbrook5.2 miles23
Neffs Camp5.4 miles23
Crabtree5.6 miles25
Hume5.8 miles27
Pinehurst5.9 miles23
Dunlap5.9 miles23
Etheda Springs6.0 miles23

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 Q5583483The 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 1658636. 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.