Goodman, Wisconsin
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Goodman town. It lies in ZIP code area 54125. It stands on Fishers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goodman quadrangle. 241 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,391 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresGoodman fell from 271 to 241 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 271 | |
| 2020 | 241 | -30 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1939 USGS Goodman quadrangle1:48000
- 1946 USGS Goodman quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Goodman quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Goodman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 85 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest | CAMP 6 |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | CHURCH FIRE |
| 9 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | MIDNIGHT FIRE |
| 7 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Goodman: 6 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Creek Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Camp B Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Coleman Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Goodman Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Goose Point Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Kus Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Moon Lake Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Petryk Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Railroad Pond Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodman in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2017: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | $1,000 | no account filed |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | Thunderstorm winds estimated at 60 mph downed several trees and power lines in Goodman. The time of this report was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines in the Goodman area. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Goodman | - | Lime size hail fell as a thunderstorm moved through Goodman. Time of event is estimated. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | Thunderstorm winds uprooted many large trees on the east side of LaFaye Lake, knocking out power and blocking at least one area road. |
| June 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunbar | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Pembine | 19.2 miles | 11 | |
| Beecher | 19.2 miles | 11 | |
| Beecher Lake | 19.3 miles | 11 | |
| Athelstane | 19.8 miles | 8 | |
| Amberg | 21.0 miles | 11 | |
| Niagara | 21.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cedarville | 23.2 miles | 9 |
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 Goodman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5583452 | 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 1565631. 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.





