Golden Lakes, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Royal Palm Beach-West Jupiter census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33411. The Survey maps it on the Palm Beach Farms quadrangle. 6,694 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1946 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1946 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1946 USGS Palm Beach Farms quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Palm Beach Farms quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Golden Lakes between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,905 acres in total. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 27 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MADISON COMMD. FIRE |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2001 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Golden Lakes: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Okeechobee Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Belvedere Estates | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Century Village | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Stacey Street | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Palm Beach Farms | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| West Palm Beach Farms | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Haverhill | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Royal Palm Estates | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Schall Circle | 2.8 miles | 16 |
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 Lakes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2167911 | 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 1867146. 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.







