BlockSilver Creek, Arizona
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Snowflake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85901. It lies near Cooley Knoll. The Survey maps it on the Silver Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1892 USGS St Johns quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Saint Johns quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Silver Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Springerville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Silver Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
40 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Silver Creek between 2006 and 2020, burning about 14 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SNOWFLAKE CIRCLE |
| 19 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BOURDON RANCH RD MM 8 |
| 6 July 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Northeast District | BROWN TROUT |
| 28 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | LAZY O |
| 17 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | SILVER CREEK |
| 16 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | EAGLES FLIGHT RD |
| 12 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | MALLORY DRIVE |
| 11 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | BOURDON RANCH MP 11 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Silver Creek: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Volcanic Materials, Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cinder Pit | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Cinder Pits | Pumice | Unknown | ||
| Silver Springs No. 1 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Springs No. 2 Cinder Pit | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Mountain Lake | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| White Mountain Lakes Estates | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Bell | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Show Low | 7.3 miles | 16 | |
| Robinson Trail Crossing | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shumway | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Roundy Crossing | 8.2 miles | 16 | |
| Schoens Crossing | 10.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 40267. 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.