BlockSouth Silver Lake, Minnesota
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Rich Valley Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55381. The Survey maps it on the Silver Lake quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Glencoe quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS New Ulm quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Silver Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Glencoe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of South Silver Lake between 2005 and 2020, burning about 70 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 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 April 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | BART |
| 8 November 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Litchfield Wetland Management District | MNLFR-FY21-WF-SILVER LAKE WF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names South Silver Lake in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Tornado (EF1) | South Silver Lake | - | An EF1 tornado spun up southeast of Silver Lake and quickly became 1/4 mile wide (440 yards), as it tracked northeast across Highway 7 before dissipating 3 miles east-northeast of Silver Lake. Corn was flattened, a few outbuildings were destroyed, and many trees were damaged. |
| July 2019 | Tornado (EF0) | South Silver Lake | - | A brief EF0 tornado spun up southeast of Silver Lake and produced a little damage to some trees. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | South Silver Lake | - | A severe downburst wind caused a large tree to blow down south of Silver Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Koniska | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Komensky | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sherman | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Biscay | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lester Prairie | 8.3 miles | 10 | |
| Sunrise Court | 8.4 miles | 10 | |
| Glencoe | 8.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 652346. 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.