Golden Hill, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Rochester City. It lies in ZIP code area 55902. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Simpson quadrangle.
On record in Golden Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Toogood Barnslisted 1975 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Stewartville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Simpson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
In the county-history sources
51,537 words on this townshipHistory of Olmsted County, Minnesota, published 1910 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for smaller places. Its township is covered in full.
The chapter on Rochester City covers the township.
Read the chapter on Rochester City - 51,537 words.
Fires near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Golden Hill in 2000, burning under an acre 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Golden Hill: 8 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maywood Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Q & A Club Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quarve #63 Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Quarve & Anderson Club M | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rochester Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| South Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Stewartville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| T H 82 South Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Terrace Estates | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Rochester | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Rocky Creek Estates | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Simpson | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Judge | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hallmark Terrace | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Zumbro Ridge Estates | 6.4 miles | 18 | |
| Chester | 6.6 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 644199. 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.





