BlockGoodnight, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kerens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75144. It stands on Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goodlow Park quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Goodlow Park quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Goodnight between 2005 and 2020, burning about 792 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON STATE HWY 274 |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY OF TRINIDAD |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1012283 |
| 6 September 2010 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S.HWY 31 |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 100 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1111947 |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1113330 |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1013488 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodnight in 1 storm report in 2025: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodnight | - | Large trees were blown down on the westbound lanes of Hwy 31 between Kerens and Trinidad, with tops of other trees also blown out. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samaria | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Goodlow Park | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Kerens | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Rural Shade | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Round Prairie | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Round House (historical) | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bazette | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Elm Flat | 7.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378368. 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.
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.