BlockGoodes, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Palmetto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30268. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Palmetto quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Goodes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 90 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-FULTON SOUTH-003 |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COWETA-001 |
| 10 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-COWETA-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodes in 4 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | Goodes | $4,100,000 | The Fulton County Emergency Manager relayed a report from the Fire Chief of golf ball size hail in Chattahoochee Hills area around the intersection of Wilkerson Mill Road and Cascade-Palmetto Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodes | $10,000 | Report of a tree fell onto a home on Rippling Brook Trace. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodes | $6,000 | Reports of trees and power lines blown down from Palmetto to East Point were received from an off-duty National Weather Service employee and on social media. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodes | - | Report of multiple trees down along Cochran Mill Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chattahoochee Hills | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Carlton Woods | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Palmetto | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Cackle Corner | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Rico | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Green Springs | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Redwine | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bear Creek Estates | 5.2 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.
| Wikidata item Q122557881 | 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 326305. 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.