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Goodlake, Oklahoma

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Southeast McCurtain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74740. The Survey maps it on the De Kalb NW quadrangle.

Goodlake within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

89 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Goodlake between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,330 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 39 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/incendiarism39
Debris and open burning21
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10544
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry10541
30 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOuachita National Forestnot named
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10561
25 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestry835
20 September 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
14 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
13 September 2000Fireworksunder an acreOuachita National ForestDUCK #2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Goodlake: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain 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
Tom4.2 miles10
Pleasant Hill4.4 miles10
Harris5.5 miles10
Bokhoma8.6 miles10
Moon8.9 miles10
America9.0 miles10
Haworth9.6 miles10
Eastport10.2 miles11

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 Q122548205The 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 1101432. 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.