Silverthorn, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Redding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96003. It stands on Nelson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shasta Dam quadrangle.
Then and now
1890 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 108 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1890 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 31 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.
- 1890 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000
- 1894 USGS Red Bluff quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Redding quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Redding quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Redding quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Shasta Dam quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Redding quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Redding quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Shasta Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
553 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 553 fires within 5 miles of Silverthorn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,376 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 91 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/undetermined | 210 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 91 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 75 |
| Smoking | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | OLD 3 |
| 8 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Shasta-Trinity Unit | ASHBY |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Northern California District | FLANAGAN |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Shasta-Trinity Unit | MIDDLE 2 |
| 8 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Northern California District | KESWICK 2 |
| 7 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.6 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 127 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 127 workings within 5 miles of Silverthorn: 59 past producers, 43 unknowns, 19 occurrences, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Spider | Gold, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Cleavland | Gold, Copper, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Evening Star | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Copper, Gold, Silver | |
| Holg and Gregg Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Holg and Gregg Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Milton | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Old Digging District | Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | QUARTZ VEINS | |
| Thompson | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Walker | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Copper, Gold, Silver | |
| Eureka Tellurium | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold, Silver |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckeye | 0.4 miles | 31 | |
| Newtown | 0.7 miles | 31 | |
| Los Robles Estates | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Churntown (historical) | 2.3 miles | 31 | |
| Whitehouse (historical) | 2.3 miles | 31 | |
| Pine Grove | 2.4 miles | 30 | |
| Central Valley (historical) | 2.5 miles | 30 | |
| Shasta Lake | 2.5 miles | 30 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122596389 | 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 1659669. 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.








