BlockSilverwood, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in Greenway Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55764. The Survey maps it on the Calumet quadrangle.
On record in Silverwood
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Oliver Boarding Houselisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1920 USGS Trout Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1952 USGS Calumet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hibbing quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Pokegama Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Silverwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 962 acres in total. None started naturally. 95 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 95 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 5 June 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 11 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 16 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 June 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 May 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 85 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 85 workings within 5 miles of Silverwood: 50 past producers, 23 producers, 12 prospects. 23 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Water, Free, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcturus | Iron, Silica | Producer | 1917 | |
| Holman-Cliffs Mine | Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free, Aluminum | Past Producer | 1907 | |
| U.S. Steel Reserve O-69 | Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Prospect | ||
| Homestead 0-68 Reserve | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Prospect | ||
| West Diamond Reserve | Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Water, Free | Prospect | ||
| Delaware #1 & #2 | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1913 | |
| Hill Lake Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Magnetic Taconite Mesabi Range 23w | Iron, Water, Free | Prospect | Surface | |
| Plummer Group | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1954 | |
| Plummer Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 658268. 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.