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Golden, Missouri

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1999. It stands in White River Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65658. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle. 275 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,050 feet above sea level.

Golden within Barry County

Population over time

2 figures

Golden fell from 280 to 275 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.

YearPeople Change
2010280
2020275-5 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Golden between 1992 and 2018, burning about 824 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
11 September 2011Debris and open burning12 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2012Natural2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 1997Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 June 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
9 April 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
9 April 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 April 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Golden: 6 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Lead, Zinc. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Spoonhow MineLeadPast Producer
Unknown - Iron-Lead-ZincIron, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincProspect
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
W H Sperry QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry County

Storms near this place

13 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2017Tornado (EF1)Golden$75,000A NWS storm survey confirmed an EF-1 crossed the Arkansas and Missouri border into extreme southeastern Barry County near St. Johns Wood Lane and the Kings River. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted on a path through a near by hill side across the Kings River. A few trees were blown on to homes in the area. Estimated maximum wind speed was up to 90 mph.
March 2017HailGolden$50,000This report was from social media with pictures. There was some damage to cars and homes in the area.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindGolden$5,000Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed three trees and knocked over power poles.
March 1993HailGolden$5,000no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindGolden$1,000Report of tree limbs down.
March 1994HailGolden$500no account filed
May 2022Thunderstorm WindGolden-Several trees were reported down along the James River Arm of Table Rock Lake.
April 2017Heavy RainGolden-The CoCoRaHS station MO-BY-12 at Golden measured 3.06 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
December 2015Heavy RainGolden-There was a report of 4.31 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
April 2010HailGolden-no account filed
March 2006HailGolden-no account filed
April 1997HailGolden-no account filed
November 1995HailGolden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Barry 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Arrow Point2.3 miles15
Oakhill3.4 miles15
Emerald Beach3.7 miles15
Chain-O-Lakes3.8 miles15
Mano4.3 miles15
Eagle Rock5.6 miles13
Shell Knob7.5 miles16
Hill City9.8 miles16

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 GoldenAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3472087The 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 750065. 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.