BlockSilver Lake, Iowa
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Hartland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50459. The Survey maps it on the Fertile NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fertile NE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mason City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Silver Lake between 2011 and 2014, burning about 202 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1020 MARKS HILL RD. NORTHWOOD, IA, IA |
| 1 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Silver Lake: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perkins Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sanderson Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Winter Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver Lake in 9 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2001 | Hail | Silver Lake | $80,000 | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Silver Lake | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver Lake | $2,000 | Numerous 2 to 4 inch branches down. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Silver Lake | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Silver Lake | - | A brief tornado observed by spotters with track found in high resolution satellite imagery. The tornado remained in rural cropland with no impacts to damage indicators, hence the EFU rating. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Silver Lake | - | Spotter report of golf ball sized hail. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Silver Lake | - | Six inches of rain this afternoon. |
| July 2011 | Heavy Rain | Silver Lake | - | Five inches of rain measured through the afternoon. |
| June 2010 | Flood | Silver Lake | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somber | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Lansrud | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Bristol | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Northwood | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Joice | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Kensett | 12.1 miles | 7 | |
| Deer Creek | 12.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hanlontown | 13.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 461633. 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.
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.