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Goforth, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kyle-Buda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78640. The Survey maps it on the Buda quadrangle.

Goforth within Hays County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

77 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Goforth between 2001 and 2020, burning about 853 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
21 September 2011Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCKY ROAD
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKYLE CROSSING
2 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 9
18 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANTA FE
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDICKERSON
3 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hays County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Goforth: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Texas Cement Quarry & PlantClay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Hays 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
Kyle5.0 miles16
Buda5.0 miles18
Mountain City5.1 miles18
Flatrock Ford6.2 miles18
Hays8.1 miles18
Centex10.5 miles16
Hays City10.5 miles18
San Marcos12.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378364. 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.