Goodland, Michigan
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1990. It stands in Goodland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48444. It stands on Elk Lake Creek. The Survey maps it on the Imlay City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Flint quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Imlay City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Flint quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Goodland between 2018 and 2019, burning about 8 acres in total. 2 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000035 - 2019 |
| 5 June 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IMLAY CITY FD 0000051 - 2019 |
| 8 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | ARCADIA TOWNSHIP FD 0000010 - 2019 |
| 30 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IMLAY CITY FD 0000041 - 2018 |
| 18 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000011 - 2019 |
| 20 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | GOODLAND TOWNSHIP FD 0000006 - 2018 |
| 10 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IMLAY CITY FD 0000123 - 2019 |
| 9 October 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Michigan Department of Natural Resources | IMLAY CITY FD 0000112 - 2019 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodland in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2017: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodland | - | A tree was reported blown down. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodland | - | Trees reported blown down. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodland | - | Local law enforcement reported a tree blown down on Shaw Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lum | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Imlay City | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Kings Mill | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Attica | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Burnside | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Five Lakes | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Dryden | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| North Branch | 11.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1617590. 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.




