Goodland Acres, Ohio
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1994. It stands in Sandy Township. It lies in ZIP code area 44688. It stands on Little Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waynesburg quadrangle.
Then and now
1912 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
17 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.
- 1912 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
- 1912 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Dover quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Canton quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Canton quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Waynesburg quadrangle1:24000
In the 1881 county history
61,747 words on this townshipThe county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Sandy Township covers the township.
Read the chapter on Sandy Township - 61,747 words.
Fires nearby
16 since 2003The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Goodland Acres between 2003 and 2018, burning about 34 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 burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 April 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 1321 |
| 19 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12786 |
| 16 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Ohio Department of Natural Resources | 12785 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected nearby
12 of 143 shownMuseums hold 143 specimens collected within 10 miles of Goodland Acres between 1890 and 1975: 140 Animalia, 2 Fungi, 1 Plantae. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by Anson A. Hinkley, Antonio, T., Armbruster, D. C. (Daniel C.) and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Alasmidonta viridis (Rafinesque, 1820) | 1890 | Sterki, Victor | Canton |
![]() | Anodontoides ferussacianus (I.Lea, 1834) | 1890 | Sterki, Victor | Canton |
![]() | Strophitus undulatus (Say, 1817) | 1890 | Sterki, Victor | Canton |
![]() | Amnicola cincinnatiensis (J.G.Anthony, 1840) | 1900 | Stearns, Robert E C | Canton |
![]() | Pisidium moitessierianum Paladilhe, 1866 | 1900 | Anson A. Hinkley | Nimishillen Creek, Canton, North America |
| Pleuroceridae | 1900 | Stearns, Robert E C | Canton | |
![]() | Achalarus lyciades (Geyer, 1832) | 1927 | C.W. Baker | |
![]() | Ambloplites rupestris rupestris (Rafinesque, 1817) | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Campostoma anomalum anomalum | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Cottus bairdii bairdii Girard, 1850 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Minerva, ~0.5 mi S of Minerva, Brown township |
![]() | Ericymba buccata Cope, 1865 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
![]() | Etheostoma blennioides Rafinesque, 1819 | 1928 | Trautman, M. B. (Milton Bernard) | Sandy Creek, at Waynesburg, ~0.4 mi NW of Waynesburg, Sandy township |
All 143 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries nearby
5 within 5 milesThe federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Goodland Acres: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Clay, Coal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D and M Pit | Clay, Coal | Past Producer | ||
| D & M Coal Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| D and M Clay and Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mineral City Plant | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mineral City Plant | Clay | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesburg | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Magnolia | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mapleton | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| East Sparta | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Howenstine | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Marks (historical) | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Hardscrabble (historical) | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Battlesburg | 6.0 miles | 17 |
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 Q122555931 | 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 1040952. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.



























