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Silverdale, Colorado

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80444. It stands on Leavenworth Creek. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Silverdale within Clear Creek County

On record in Silverdale

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 8 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 29 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Silverdale (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony12
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWEST CHICAGO CREEK
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandUTE CREEK
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
24 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreClear Creek County OfficeCCX 884
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandTHREE CHIEFS
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado State Forest Service-State Headquartersnot named
16 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandSOUTH CHICAGO
13 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreArapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National GrasslandWEST CHICAGO CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clear Creek County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 290 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 290 workings within 5 miles of Silverdale (historical): 229 past producers, 27 occurrences, 26 producers, 6 unknowns. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Lead, Silver. 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
AmyLead, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Anglo Saxon MineSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadOccurrenceVein
Anglo-Saxon MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerVein
Bard Creek MineZinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, CopperOccurrenceLead, Silver
Capitol PrizeSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincProducer
Capitol PrizeGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Cascade MineSilver, Gold, Copper, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Pyrargyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Silver
Colorado Central MineZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Tetrahedrite
Denver Granite and MarbleGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dixie MineGold, Lead, Zinc, Silver, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Electrum, Galena, Polybasite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Tennantite

Every working recorded in Clear Creek 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
Georgetown1.0 miles29
Silver Plume1.6 miles29
Empire4.9 miles29
Lamartine5.0 miles28
Graymont5.5 miles31
Bakerville5.8 miles31
Lawson6.3 miles29
Freeland6.4 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 181885. 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.