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.
Population over time
2 figuresGolden 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 280 | |
| 2020 | 275 | -5 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1927 USGS Shell Knob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Shell Knob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Harrison quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Table Rock Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 June 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 1 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 April 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 April 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 8 April 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spoonhow Mine | Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Iron-Lead-Zinc | Iron, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - S&G | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unknown - Lead-Zinc | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Ls | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| W H Sperry Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1993Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Golden | $75,000 | A 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 2017 | Hail | Golden | $50,000 | This report was from social media with pictures. There was some damage to cars and homes in the area. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | $5,000 | Severe thunderstorm wind gusts downed three trees and knocked over power poles. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Golden | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | $1,000 | Report of tree limbs down. |
| March 1994 | Hail | Golden | $500 | no account filed |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | - | Several trees were reported down along the James River Arm of Table Rock Lake. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Golden | - | The CoCoRaHS station MO-BY-12 at Golden measured 3.06 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| December 2015 | Heavy Rain | Golden | - | There was a report of 4.31 inches of rainfall in 24 hours. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Hail | Golden | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Golden | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrow Point | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oakhill | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Emerald Beach | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Chain-O-Lakes | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Mano | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Eagle Rock | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shell Knob | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hill City | 9.8 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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3472087 | 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 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.










