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Goodluck, Kentucky

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Summer Shade census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42129. It stands on Worder Branch. The Survey maps it on the Summer Shade quadrangle. It stands 823 feet above sea level.

Goodluck within Metcalfe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

33 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Goodluck between 1998 and 2019, burning about 281 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1

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
26 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreKentucky Division of ForestryLONESTAR RIDGE
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined38 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
9 April 2017Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryGLEN SHAW RD
7 April 2013Debris and open burning35 acresKentucky Division of ForestrySLATE CREEK FIRE
11 April 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 April 2015Recreation and ceremony3.5 acresKentucky Division of ForestryHUFF FIRE
1 April 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreKentucky Division of Forestrynot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Metcalfe County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodluck in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2019Thunderstorm WindGoodluck-Trees were reported down on the 6000 block of Tompkinsville Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGoodluck-A Kentucky state official reported trees down in the area due to severe thunderstorm winds.
December 2015FloodGoodluck-A Metcalfe state official reported a flooded bridge on Randolph Goodluck Road due to excessive and heavy rainfall.
March 2013FloodGoodluck-The Metcalfe County emergency manager reported that 7 county and 2 state roads across the county were impassable due to flooding. The Kentucky Mesonet, located 5 miles west of Edmonton, measured 2.7 inches of rain in 6 hours.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGoodluck-A trailer was blown over and trees were downed.

Every storm recorded in Metcalfe 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
Cedar Flats2.1 miles10
Beaumont3.5 miles8
Curtis3.5 miles10
Edmonton4.1 miles10
Summer Shade4.3 miles8
Randolph4.8 miles8
Willow Shade5.6 miles8
New Liberty6.3 miles10

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 GoodluckAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5583432The 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 508112. 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.