Goering, Kentucky
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Patesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42348. It stands on Little Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pellville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1903 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1953 USGS Pellville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Evansville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tell City quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Goering between 1999 and 2019, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | OPEN PIT |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 26 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | JACKSON FI |
| 11 April 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 10 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Kentucky Division of Forestry | PALESVILLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Goering: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Lake Sandstone Bluff | Silica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goering in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goering | $20,000 | A reporter from the Hawesville newspaper provided information about a home on Goering Road that was badly damaged by winds estimated at 70 mph. The home lost its front porch and a section of an attached roof. A nearby barn was destroyed. The house's attached garage had its door blown in, with a section of the garage's back wall bowed out. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goering | - | Multiple trees were downed by strong winds near the intersection of Pellville-Hawesville Road and Joe Powers Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goering | - | A tree was blown down on the 7200 block of Kentucky Route 69. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrington Corner | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Weberstown | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Patesville | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Floral | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Scuffletown (historical) | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Chambers | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Dukes | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Pellville | 4.3 miles | 17 |
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 Q122548351 | 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 508103. 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.






