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Golden, Oklahoma

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Broken Bow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74737. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle.

Golden within McCurtain County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

662 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 662 fires within 5 miles of Golden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,628 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 350 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
Arson/incendiarism350
Missing data/not specified/undetermined167
Debris and open burning77
Equipment and vehicle use33
Natural17
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina AgencySE496
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarism11 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10542
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina Agency50
7 September 2017Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism9.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestry10538
7 September 2002Natural1.0 acresOklahoma Division of Forestrynot named
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTalihina Agency49
7 September 1998Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTalihina Agency75

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McCurtain County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Golden: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McCurtain County

Storms near this place

6 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden in 6 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
September 2013Thunderstorm WindGolden$50,000Thunderstorm wind gusts took the roof off a house south of Glover, Oklahoma. Trees were also downed and a barn was destroyed.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindGolden-Trees were downed north of Glover in the Golden community.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindGolden-A tree was blown down across Golden Glover Road just north of the Golden community.
December 2001Flash FloodGolden-Nearly 3 feet of water across county roads making travel impossible for many residents.
March 1993HailGolden-Severe thunderstorms which produced quarter to larger than golfball-size hail developed along a cold front in southeastern Oklahoma during the evening of the 24th.
April 2000HailGolden-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McCurtain 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
Glover2.5 miles15
Oak Hill3.2 miles15
North Pole4.0 miles15
Holly Creek5.7 miles12
Wright City5.9 miles17
Garvin6.1 miles9
Steel Junction6.4 miles15
Crossroads6.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1093234. 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.