Goshen, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Springtown-Reno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76082. It lies near Indian Knob. The Survey maps it on the Springtown quadrangle. It stands 1,079 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Springtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Springtown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
172 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Goshen between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,404 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARTER |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6700 HUTCHESON HILL ROAD |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4000 AGNES CIRCLE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 289 ENGLISH COURT |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Springtown | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Carter | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Poolville | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Highland Addition | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Wright | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Sabathany | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| La Junta | 8.3 miles | 20 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Goshen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710469 | 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 1378371. 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.






