Silverdale, Minnesota
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the South Koochiching unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 55771. It stands on Bois Forte Creek. The Survey maps it on the Silverdale quadrangle. It stands 1,312 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Silverdale quadrangle1:24000
- 1976 USGS Bigfork quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Silverdale between 1992 and 2017, burning about 47 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Bois Forte Tribe | OLIKALA |
| 6 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Bois Forte Tribe | DEERHORN |
| 28 May 1996 | Natural | 8.6 acres | Minnesota Agency | SHWY 65 |
| 28 May 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Agency | PALMQUIST |
| 23 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Bois Forte Tribe | SOUTH PRAIRIE CREEK |
| 2 May 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Bois Forte Tribe | PRAIRIE CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silverdale in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | Five pine and aspen trees about 2 feet in diameter were knocked down due to straight line winds. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silverdale | - | Trees were blown down. |
| July 2013 | Hail | Silverdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rauch | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Craigville | 27.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ray | 29.8 miles | 10 | |
| Ericsburg | 36.6 miles | 8 | |
| Littlefork | 37.0 miles | 7 | |
| Wisner | 37.3 miles | 7 | |
| Grand Falls | 39.1 miles | 7 | |
| Big Falls | 39.6 miles | 7 |
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 Silverdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7516661 | 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 654944. 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.
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.





