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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Golden quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Saline quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
302 since 1996Regional 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 burning | 195 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
| 30 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Hail | Golden | - | Nickel to quarter size hail reported between the Alba and Golden communities. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | - | A tree was blown down near the Golden community. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Golden | - | Half dollar size hail fell for 20 minutes between Quitman and Golden. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Golden | - | Golfball size hail fell along Highway 69 near Golden. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Golden | - | A photo was posted to the KLTV Facebook page of half dollar size hail that fell in the Golden community. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | Farm to Market Road 779 between Highway 69 and Highway 37 northwest of Mineola was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2013 | Hail | Golden | - | Dime to nickel sized hail was reported in the Golden community. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | - | A tree was downed in the Golden community. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Golden | - | A tree was uprooted in the community of Golden. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | 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 2010 | Tornado (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 2009 | Flash Flood | Golden | - | A few roads were closed due to flash flooding around 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.
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 Q5579062 | 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 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.





