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Goodwin, Oklahoma

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the South Ellis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73858. The Survey maps it on the Goodwin quadrangle.

Goodwin within Ellis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Goodwin in 2010, burning about 200 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
Debris and open burning1

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
2 September 2010Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 29 AND CR V

Every fire recorded in Ellis County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Goodwin: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unknown Caliche PitLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Ellis County

Storms near this place

5 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodwin in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2002: 4 hail, 1 flash 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
May 2002HailGoodwin-no account filed
June 1997HailGoodwin-no account filed
June 1996Flash FloodGoodwin-no account filed
June 1996HailGoodwin-no account filed
June 1996HailGoodwin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ellis 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
Shattuck6.2 miles9
Arnett9.5 miles8
Touzalin9.7 miles9
Gage12.5 miles8
Chaney20.0 miles8
Harmon20.2 miles9
Catesby20.5 miles8
Fargo20.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100454. 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.