Goddard, Kentucky
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 41093. It stands on Bluebank Branch. The Survey maps it on the Plummers Landing quadrangle. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
On record in Goddard
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Goddard Bridgelisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1951 USGS Plummers Landing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Huntington quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Morehead quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Goddard between 1997 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Daniel Boone National Forest | PAR 5 |
| 3 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 4 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | ISHMAEL RD |
| 9 April 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 3 April 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GODDARD RD |
| 25 April 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | SUIT LANE |
| 24 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | GODDARD RD |
| 24 April 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goddard in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goddard | $25,000 | The county dispatch office reported numerous trees down countywide. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goddard | $20,000 | The county dispatch office reported numerous trees down countywide. |
| October 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goddard | $3,000 | Power lines were brought down by strong winds. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goddard | $2,000 | Strong winds brought trees and power lines down. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goddard | $1,000 | A tree and power lines were downed at a residence on Farris Branch Road near the community of Goddard. |
| April 2011 | Flash Flood | Goddard | $1,000 | A creek was washing away one driveway. The report was from a CoCoRahs spotter. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebank | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Carpentersville (historical) | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Wallingford | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Poplar Plains | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Plummers Landing | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Park Lake Resort (historical) | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Muses Mills | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Plummers Mill | 4.9 miles | 8 |
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 Goddard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690453 | 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 512335. 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.



