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Silver Hills, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Canyon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78006. The Survey maps it on the Bergheim quadrangle.

Silver Hills within Comal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

44 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Silver Hills between 2005 and 2015, burning about 625 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution290 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDIETZ-ELKHORN FIRE
14 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHEADWATERS RANCH
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDIERKS RANCH FIRE
5 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service35 GUTHRIE
5 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1000 BLK SH 46 EAST
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service100 BLK FM 3351 N
24 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceW. AMMANN
19 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal 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
Bulverde West (historical)4.0 miles10
Oak Cliff Acres5.1 miles10
Honey Creek5.6 miles10
Anhalt6.7 miles15
Bulverde8.2 miles11
Bulverde South (historical)8.3 miles15
Bulverde East (historical)11.3 miles15
Spring Branch12.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034973. 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.