Silver City, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75102. The Survey maps it on the Dawson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Dawson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
121 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Silver City between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,068 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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 | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NAVARRO MILLS DAM FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1111870 |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 31 WEST |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver City in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1998 | Tornado (F2) | Silver City | 1 killed, 4 hurt, $100,000 | A 33 year old man was killed when a tornado struck his mobile home. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Silver City | $10,000 | Water covered the road at Highway 31 west of Corsicana. Also, newspapers reported several accidents along Highway 31. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver City | $6,000 | The Navarro County Emergency Manager reported a large metal roof was blown off of a barn just north of Silver City. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Silver City | - | Reported via mPing. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Silver City | - | Heavy rain fell across much of Navarro County, including one report of 3 inches in a time span of 30 minutes. This occurred near the intersection of State Highway 31 and Farm to Market Road 55. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Silver City | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Silver City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purdon | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Navarro Mills | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Raleigh | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Dresden | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Spring Hill | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Drane | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Corbet | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Brushie Prairie | 6.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379077. 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.



