BlockSilver City, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Burlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76520. It stands on Terry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ben Arnold quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Ben Arnold quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Silver City between 2006 and 2017, burning about 474 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALDRIDGE FIRE |
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHURFFIELD FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMERON FIRE |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOSEY FIRE |
| 15 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COWARD FIRE |
| 8 July 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. HWY 77 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver City in 1 storm report in 2013: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver City | - | Trained spotters reported several trees blown down or destroyed by thunderstorm winds. The tree damage occurred a few miles northeast of the city of Cameron. |
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 1380540. 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.