Golden, Iowa

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Milo Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52330. The Survey maps it on the Manchester quadrangle.

Golden within Delaware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1900 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1900 USGS Farley quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1973 USGS Manchester quadrangle1:24000
1976 USGS Dubuque quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Anamosa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Golden between 2009 and 2013, burning about 17 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Smoking	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
7 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 April 2013	Smoking	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
17 April 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
21 March 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	not named
28 October 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Iowa Department of Natural Resources	3854 240TH ST. , IA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Delaware County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Golden: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Arnold Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Logan Quarry	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Unknown	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Delaware County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ryan	2.8 miles	12
Hazel Green	4.7 miles	12
Ehler	6.0 miles	10
Manchester	6.5 miles	12
Robinson	6.7 miles	10
Buck Creek	7.7 miles	12
Delhi	7.9 miles	12
Delaware	8.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 464160. 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.