Goodland, Missouri
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1999. It stands in Dent Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63623. It stands on Brooks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Viburnum East quadrangle. It stands 951 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 22 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.
- 1943 USGS Boss quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Boss quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Viburnum East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1971 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Rolla quadrangle1:250000
- 1999 USGS Viburnum East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Goodland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,706 acres in total. None started naturally. 51 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MAXWELL FIRE |
| 24 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | COUNTY ROAD 72 |
| 24 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | MIDDLE FORK |
| 21 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mark Twain National Forest | TRACTOR |
| 14 July 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | SUMMER FIRE |
| 6 June 2007 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | KEITH SPRINGS |
| 28 June 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 616 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | EAST END |
| 25 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 acres | Mark Twain National Forest | BOTTLE ROCKET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Goodland: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Nitrogen-Nitrates. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nitre Cave | Nitrogen-Nitrates | Past Producer | ||
| Burt Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Clay | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Love Bank | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Rogers Bank | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Sligo Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodland in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodland | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down several large trees onto Highway 49. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redmondville | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| East End | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Maxwells Mill | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Good Water | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Bixby | 6.2 miles | 22 | |
| Enough (historical) | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Buick | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Shepard (historical) | 7.4 miles | 20 |
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 Goodland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5583419 | 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 750074. 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.













