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Silver Creek Village, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Burnet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78611. It sits by White Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Lake Buchanan quadrangle.

Silver Creek Village within Burnet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

62 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Silver Creek Village between 2007 and 2019, burning about 161 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2019Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCIGERETTE FIRE
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 115 (12-0088)
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOST SPANISH TRAIL (11-0109)
4 September 2011Debris and open burning21 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELB VFD
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOMA VISTA (11-0108)
29 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 142 (11-0119)
29 September 2011Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnet County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Silver Creek Village: 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, REE, Iron, Limestone, General. 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
Bailey ProspectCopper, Silver, Gold, Fluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Frank Thomas FarmZinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Iron, LeadOccurrence
Iron ProspectIronOccurrenceMagnetite
Limestone QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Rare-Earth MineREEPast ProducerGadolinite
Silver Creek MineLead, ZincPast Producer1890
Beaver Creek LocationLeadOccurrence
Beaver Creek ProspectLeadOccurrence1890
Silver Creek MineLeadOccurrence

Every working recorded in Burnet 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
Naruna10.1 miles16
Burnet11.1 miles15
Lake Victor11.3 miles14
Gandy12.8 miles17
Sunnylane14.6 miles14
Scobee15.1 miles19
Sudduth15.6 miles19
Fairland15.7 miles19

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 Creek VillageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122597943The 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 2034949. 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.