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.
Then and now
1905 to 1984The 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.


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
Silver Lake Institute Historic Districtlisted 1985- Orator F. Woodward Cottagelisted 2016
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1905 USGS Portage quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Castile quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Castile quadrangle1:31680
- 1960 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Castile quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Buffalo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
99 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 63 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 17 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 10 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 3 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geyers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Silver Springs Plant | Bromine | Past Producer | Brine | |
| A.Kerr Bros.& Co.Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Duncan Salt Co.Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| F.Eaton Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| J.Harding No.1 Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Salt Co.Salt Well No.13. | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Morton Salt/ Silver Springs Plant | Salt | Unknown | ||
| Perry Salt Co.Salt Well | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Silver Springs Wells | Salt | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perry | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| West Perry | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fairview | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sucker Brook | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Perry Center | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Chace | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Oatka | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| West Perry Center | 4.0 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 Silver Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q288798 | 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 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.








