BlockSilvermill, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77449. The Survey maps it on the Addicks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1915 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Silvermill between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,806 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E090 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BENT SPRING COMMND |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAKER ROAD |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KATY FREEWAY |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MASON RD |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E090 L090 |
| 30 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 61 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rolling Green | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Westlake Place | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Cypress Meadow | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Wood Fern | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Sundown Glen | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Westlake Forest | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Windstone | 1.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565538 | 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 2472637. 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.