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Goodno, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. The Survey maps it on the Goodno quadrangle.

Goodno within Glades County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Goodno, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Goodno, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Goodno between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,300 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 7 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
Natural51
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSE BANYAN (26)
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSYCAMORE RD. (26)
5 August 2012Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGOODNO (26)
2 August 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 1993Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1996Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2020Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDANIELS (22)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glades County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Goodno: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Caloosa MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ridgedill & Son, Inc. - Ridgdill No. 5Limestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
E.R. Jahna Industries - Ortona Sand MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries - Caloosa MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries - WitherspoonSandProducer

Every working recorded in Glades County

Storms near this place

6 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodno in 6 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2024Tornado (EF1)Goodno$15,000A tornado formed around 10:30 AM EST as a supercell traveled northward into extreme southeastern Hendry County. Although there were no eyewitness reports of a tornado, a National Weather Service survey team was able to find scattered areas of utility pole damage. Coincide with one area of pole damage was a tornadic debris signature (TDS) as the tornado crossed State Route 80 at the Hendry/Glades County line around 10:55 AM EST. After traveling 10.29 miles northwest across southern Glades County, the TDS dissipated and the last damage was identified just south of Palmdale in the form of broken tree branches. The tornado was rated as an EF-1, after traveling a total 29.89 miles, with an estimated maximum winds around 110 mph.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGoodno$1,000Strong winds damaged several dog pens just north of the Hendry County line. One animal was reported to be missing.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindGoodno-Large oak tree fell on house in the Goodno area off of State Road 80.
July 2009FloodGoodno-Widespread heavy rainfall of 3 to 5 inches during the afternoon of the 2nd caused Fisheating Creek to spill over its banks and flood nearby roadways. Additional roadways were also closed across Glades County after the afternoon and evening rainfall. County officials closed portions of State Roads 29 and 74 and a couple of secondary roadways.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindGoodno-A few signs were blown down in the Muse area with a passing severe thunderstorm. Wind gusts were estimated to be around 60 MPH.
July 2008HailGoodno-An off duty fireman reported hail the size of nickels in the Muse area with a passing thunderstorm.

Every storm recorded in Glades 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
Ortona3.1 miles11
Hall City7.6 miles12
Muse10.6 miles12
Harrisburg11.1 miles12
Palmdale12.2 miles12
Moore Haven12.4 miles11
Washington Park12.5 miles11
Benbow14.4 miles11

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 Q122589038The 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 294789. 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.

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.