BlockSilver City, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Manchester census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75426. It stands on Little Pine Branch. The Survey maps it on the Negley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1951 USGS Negley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Silver City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,909 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 15 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 374 |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 158 |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 88 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 179 |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Silver City: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red River Materials Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver City in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver City | - | Multiple trees downed across Highway 37 between FM Road 2118 and FM Road 195. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver City | - | Trees were downed across Hwy. 37 near Silver City and the Red River bordering McCurtain County, Oklahoma. |
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 1380541. 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.
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.