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Silver Terrace, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Bayview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94124. It lies near Stony Hill. The Survey maps it on the San Francisco South quadrangle.

Silver Terrace within San Francisco County

Then and now

1892 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Silver Terrace, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Silver Terrace, surveyed 1892

On record in Silver Terrace

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

22 surveys from 43 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

304 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Silver Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,832 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined174
Misuse of fire by a minor48
Smoking33
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use17
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2009Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2009Smoking200 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBRUNO
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined41 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCHESTNUT 2
7 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitA1

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Francisco County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Silver Terrace: 12 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury. 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
South San Francisco Land & Improvement CompanySilver, Lead, ZincPast Producer1919
Black MountainGoldPast Producer
Black Mtn.GoldPast ProducerGold
Mining Claim Loc. Quicksilver Fnd.MercuryProspect
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence1892
Brisbane QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Francisco 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
Bayview District0.5 miles43
Potrero District1.7 miles39
Victoria Mews1.7 miles39
Glenridge1.9 miles43
Vista Del Monte1.9 miles43
Mission District2.0 miles39
Gold Mine Hill2.0 miles43
Village Square2.0 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2352773. 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.