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Silver Lake, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1984. It stands in Castile town. It lies in ZIP code area 14549. It stands on Silver Lake Inlet. The Survey maps it on the Castile quadrangle. It stands 1,375 feet above sea level.

Silver Lake within Wyoming County

Then and now

1905 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Silver Lake, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Silver Lake, surveyed 1905

On record in Silver Lake

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

99 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Silver Lake between 2001 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined63
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking6
Natural6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
25 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
17 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
9 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wyoming County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Silver Lake: 8 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Geyers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Silver Springs PlantBrominePast ProducerBrine
A.Kerr Bros.& Co.WellSaltPast Producer
Duncan Salt Co.WellSaltPast Producer
F.Eaton WellSaltPast Producer
J.Harding No.1 WellSaltPast Producer
Morton Salt Co.Salt Well No.13.SaltPast Producer
Morton Salt/ Silver Springs PlantSaltUnknown
Perry Salt Co.Salt WellSaltPast Producer
Silver Springs WellsSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wyoming County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Perry1.3 miles17
West Perry1.4 miles17
Fairview1.7 miles17
Sucker Brook3.2 miles17
Perry Center3.4 miles17
Chace3.4 miles17
Oatka3.7 miles17
West Perry Center4.0 miles17

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 Silver LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q288798The 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 965264. 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.