Silverton, Idaho
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Osburn-Wallace census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83867. It lies near Revenue Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wallace quadrangle. 594 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,648 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1901 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1903 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500
- 1906 USGS Coeur D'Alene District quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1914 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1917 USGS Avery quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Wallace quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Silverton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39 acres in total. 46 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 46 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | LOST LAKE |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | ROCK CREEK |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DUDLEY |
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | BAD TOM |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Idaho Panhandle National Forest | DUDLEY |
| 26 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Idaho Department of Lands | MOUNT PULASKI |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Idaho Department of Lands | NUCKOLS GULCH |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Coeur d'Alene Field Office | REVENUEGUL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 159 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 159 workings within 5 miles of Silverton: 52 past producers, 44 occurrences, 33 prospects, 21 producers. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Sunshine Antimony Refinery | Antimony | Plant | ||
| Argentine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Caladay Mine | Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Caladay Mine | Silver, Copper, Gold | Producer | 1969 | |
| California Mine | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1885, 1902 | |
| Capital Silver Prospect | Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Castle Rock Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Chester Mine | Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Coeur D'Alene District | Gold, Zinc, Antimony, Lead, Silver, Copper, Cadmium | Producer | 1878, 1884 | |
| Coeur D'Alene Mines | Copper, Silver, Lead, Gold, Uranium, Cobalt | Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wallace | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Nuckols | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| McCarthy | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Osburn | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Blackcloud | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Woodland Park | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bunn | 3.2 miles | 18 | |
| Webb | 3.4 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Silverton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7516836 | 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 398133. 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.










