Golden Pond, Kentucky
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Land Between the Lakes census division. It lies near Oakley Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Fenton quadrangle. It stands 407 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1936 USGS Fenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:48000
- 1950 USGS Fenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Golden Pond quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Dyersburg quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Fenton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Murray quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
1 photograph, 2020Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2020. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
28 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Golden Pond between 2003 and 2020, burning about 462 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | FENTON 26 |
| 1 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | REAL MCCOY |
| 20 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Kentucky Division of Forestry | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | SPRITE |
| 16 June 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | SOLDIER FIRE |
| 31 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | MALONE |
| 28 May 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area | FENTON |
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 Pond: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canton Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden Pond in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Pond | $100,000 | At Wrangler's Campground within the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, an apparent microburst downed 40 acres of hardwood trees. Trees fell on three cabins, one historic barn, one horse barn, and one vehicle. One hundred miles of trails were closed. Power lines were down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Pond | $10,000 | Numerous large trees were blown down. Some of the trees fell across power lines. |
| July 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Golden Pond | $3,000 | This brief, weak tornado touched down in the Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. Several tree limbs and tree tops were downed. The peak wind was estimated near 70 mph. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Pond | $3,000 | Trees were down. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Pond | $1,000 | A tree was down on Highway 68, blocking one lane of traffic. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Golden Pond | - | no account filed |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden Pond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canton | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Barkley Shores | 3.7 miles | 7 | |
| Fenton | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ferguson Spring | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cumberland Shores | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Blue Spring Estates | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Shawnee Hills | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Blue Spring | 5.5 miles | 7 |
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 Pond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14690461 | 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 508108. 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.






