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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 18 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.
- 1887 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Burnet 2-c quadrangle1:48000
- 1932 USGS Tow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Lake Buchanan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 2007Regional 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 burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CIGERETTE FIRE |
| 9 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 115 (12-0088) |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOST SPANISH TRAIL (11-0109) |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELB VFD |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOMA VISTA (11-0108) |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 142 (11-0119) |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Prospect | Copper, Silver, Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Frank Thomas Farm | Zinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold, Iron, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Iron Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | Magnetite | |
| Limestone Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Rare-Earth Mine | REE | Past Producer | Gadolinite | |
| Silver Creek Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1890 | |
| Beaver Creek Location | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Beaver Creek Prospect | Lead | Occurrence | 1890 | |
| Silver Creek Mine | Lead | Occurrence |
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.
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 Village | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122597943 | 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 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.











