Golden Beach, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Miami Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33160. It lies near Central Island. The Survey maps it on the North Miami OE E quadrangle. 961 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresGolden Beach grew from 919 to 961 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 | 919 | |
| 2020 | 961 | +42 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
10 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Golden Beach between 1992 and 2018, burning about 20 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLETA (13) |
| 24 April 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLETA |
| 15 March 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 February 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FIU (13) |
| 28 February 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Golden Beach: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Big Cypress Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Main Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Monarch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Snake Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden Beach in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 flood, 3 tornado, 2 waterspout, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2015 | Lightning | Golden Beach | 1 killed, 2 hurt | One person killed and 2 injured by lightning strike near a group of men sheltering under tree in park in Northeast Miami-Dade County. Exact location and time estimated. |
| May 2013 | Lightning | Golden Beach | 2 hurt | Two persons, a 40-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, were struck by lightning at Aventura Mall close to 10 PM EDT. Both were hospitalized and were released the following day. |
| June 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Golden Beach | $10,000 | The Golden Beach Police Department reported a waterspout moving onshore at the 400 block of Ocean Boulevard and quickly moving north along the beach side of Ocean Boulevard to the Broward County line. Path was approximately 0.5 miles. Beach chairs were tossed about 30 feet in the air, damage to trees and a hut in the 400-500 block of Ocean Boulevard. Most damage occurred at 625 Ocean Boulevard where doors and a large metal gate were blown down and twisted, along with tree branches snapped. |
| September 2025 | Flood | Golden Beach | $5,000 | Social media videos of significant street flooding near Senator Gwen Margolis Park in Sunny Isles Beach, law enforcement is on-scene assisting a stalled car. |
| October 2019 | Flood | Golden Beach | $2,000 | Photos received from public show street flooding in the Aventura Waterways area near NE 211 Street and NE 26 Avenue. A trained spotter called in with at least 4 inches of standing water on roadways, along with pictures from news media showing water as high as the hood of a car. Between 2.5 and 3 inches of rain fell in this area from thunderstorms. |
| June 2019 | Flood | Golden Beach | $1,000 | Aventura police reported the closure of NE 191st street from Biscayne blvd to NE 29th Ave due to flooding from heavy rainfall. |
| June 2024 | Flood | Golden Beach | - | Flooding from the June 11-13 heavy rainfall and flash flooding event lingered for several days across portions of NE Miami-Dade County. This included neighborhoods across Miami Beach, Miami Shores, North Miami, North Miami Beach, and Aventura. ||Impacts and damage totals are included in the June 12th Flash Flood event entry for Miami-Dade County. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Golden Beach | - | A local broadcast media meteorologist shared photos of flooding via social media. Heavy rainfall from a thunderstorm caused flooding and road closures in portions of NE 191st Street, from NE 29th Ave to Biscayne Boulevard in Aventura. Rainfall estimates of 2 to 3 inches in just one to two hours were received in the vicinity. |
| August 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Golden Beach | - | A landfalling waterspout produced from a thunderstorm moved briefly onshore in Golden Beach as a tornado for approximately 3 minutes before lifting right before the Broward County line. The tornado moved northward at approximately 10 mph along the ocean side of Ocean Boulevard/Highway A1A from the 400 block of Ocean Boulevard to |near County Line Road. Damage consisted primarily of numerous broken/snapped tree branches, including to a large Sea Grape tree, a couple of newly-planted trees toppled, several damaged/twisted metal gates, and tossed lawn/patio furniture. Some of the debris ended up in the adjacent Atlantic Ocean. Most of the damage was confined to ocean-facing homes and properties. One home had water blown in through a set of sliding glass doors due to the force of the wind.||This damage is mainly consistent with EF-0 intensity, although one or two spots could have experienced winds close to the EF-1 threshold (80-85 mph). ||Thankfully, no injuries were reported. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Golden Beach | - | A member of the public reported dime to penny size hail at Aventura Mall. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Beach | - | Large oak tree toppled at Country Club Drive and NE 199 Street in Aventura. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Beach | - | Reported in Aventura near Turnberry Isle Country Club. |
| November 2006 | Tornado (F0) | Golden Beach | - | A waterspout moved onshore Golden Beach as a very weak F0 tornado. The event was captured by news media helicopters as the waterspout moved onshore. The tornado moved onto the beach about 50 yards before lifting at the dune line. No damage was observed or reported. |
| August 1998 | Waterspout | Golden Beach | - | Pilot reported waterspout 18nm nortwest of the Bimini islands. |
| June 1996 | Waterspout | Golden Beach | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny Isles Beach | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Aventura | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Golden Shores | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sun Haven of Aventura | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Ojus | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Highland Lakes | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Eastern Shores | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Ives Estates | 2.9 miles | 15 |
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 Golden Beach | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q784192 | 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 283145. 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.



