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Silver City, Utah

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Eureka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84628. It lies near Dragon Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Tintic Junction quadrangle. It stands 6,158 feet above sea level.

Silver City within Juab County

On record in Silver City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 4 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

74 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Silver City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,167 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 6 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
Natural34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution260 acresSalt Lake Field OfficeWATERWELL
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGREAT EASTERN
20 September 2014Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJUNCTION TREE
2 September 2007Naturalunder an acreSalt Lake Field OfficeHERD
12 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeRAILROAD TIE NUMBER 2
10 September 2003Naturalunder an acreRichfield Field OfficeDAGMAR
1 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.7 acresRichfield Field OfficeLONESOME PINE
8 August 2000Naturalunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsTINK STANDARD 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Juab County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 368 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 368 workings within 5 miles of Silver City: 205 past producers, 136 occurrences, 15 producers, 10 prospects. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Gold, Lead, Silver, Silver, Lead. 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
Ajax MineCopper, Lead, Silver, Gold, IronOccurrence
Apex Standard MineSilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer1923
Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining CoSilver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Black DragonGold, Silver, ClayOccurrenceReplacement
Black JackSilver, Iron, Manganese, GoldPast ProducerContact Metasomatic
Boss Tweed MineCopper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, ArsenicProspectReplacement
Bradley Basin ProspectsGold, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Brooklyn and Wedgewood GroupManganese, Clay, IronOccurrenceSurface/Underground
Bullion-BeckGold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, LeadPast Producer1882
Carisa MineCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-BaritePast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Juab 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
Mammoth1.1 miles16
Tintic Junction2.0 miles16
Mammoth Junction2.1 miles16
Diamond2.6 miles17
Eureka3.1 miles17
Knightville3.4 miles17
Knight4.2 miles16
McIntyre5.6 miles16

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 CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7515901The 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 1437686. 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.