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Golden, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Alba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75773. It stands on Lankford Creek. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle. It stands 427 feet above sea level.

Golden within Wood County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

302 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Golden between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,162 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning195
Missing data/not specified/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNONE
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNONE
30 September 2017Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wood County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
March 2026HailGolden-Nickel to quarter size hail reported between the Alba and Golden communities.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindGolden-A tree was blown down near the Golden community.
May 2023HailGolden-Half dollar size hail fell for 20 minutes between Quitman and Golden.
June 2019HailGolden-Golfball size hail fell along Highway 69 near Golden.
April 2016HailGolden-A photo was posted to the KLTV Facebook page of half dollar size hail that fell in the Golden community.
April 2016Flash FloodGolden-Farm to Market Road 779 between Highway 69 and Highway 37 northwest of Mineola was closed due to flooding.
June 2013HailGolden-Dime to nickel sized hail was reported in the Golden community.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindGolden-A tree was downed in the Golden community.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindGolden-A tree was uprooted in the community of Golden.
September 2012Flash FloodGolden-Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in the closure of CR 2950. High water was also reported on FM. 779 and Hwy. 60 northwest of Mineola, Texas.
October 2010Tornado (EF0)Golden-An EF0 tornado touched down north of Hwy. 69 near the intersection of Hwy. 69 and FM 779 northwest of Mineola, Texas. A few large trees were either partially snapped or uprooted along the track which generally stayed north of Hwy. 69. No structures were damaged.
May 2009Flash FloodGolden-A few roads were closed due to flash flooding around Wood County.

Every storm recorded in Wood 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
Calvary2.7 miles16
Ben3.6 miles15
West Mineola4.6 miles15
Alba5.8 miles15
Mineola6.1 miles12
Salem7.2 miles16
Quitman7.5 miles13
New Hope9.2 miles12

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 Q5579062The 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 1336649. 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.

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.