Goodnow, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Cassian town. It lies in ZIP code area 54529. It stands on Horsehead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harshaw quadrangle. It stands 1,519 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Cassian quadrangle1:48000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Cassian quadrangle1:48000
- 1954 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Iron Mountain quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Heafford Junction quadrangle1:62500
- 1982 USGS Harshaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Rhinelander quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Goodnow between 1992 and 2019, burning about 71 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | BUCK LANE |
| 31 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 19 July 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 July 2009 | Fireworks | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FERNWOOD FIREWORKS |
| 1 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Goodnow: 9 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Lake Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Beaver Lake Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Cassian Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Currie Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Goodnow Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Harshaw Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Harshaw Road Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Heiress Lake Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rocky Run Road Gravel Deposit #1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Rocky Run Road Gravel Deposit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goodnow in 2 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 1 tornado, 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harshaw | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| McNaughton | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sunflower | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hazelhurst | 8.1 miles | 12 | |
| Newbold | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Woodboro | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Manson (historical) | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Tomahawk | 9.1 miles | 12 |
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 Goodnow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5583558 | 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 1577617. 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.






