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.
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.
Silver City Cemeterylisted 1979 · 0.6 miles away
Tintic Smelter Sitelisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away- Eagle and Blue Bell Minelisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
- Sunbeam Minelisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Sevier Desert quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tintic Junction quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Delta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Lynndyl quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Tintic Junction quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 260 acres | Salt Lake Field Office | WATERWELL |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | GREAT EASTERN |
| 20 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JUNCTION TREE |
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Salt Lake Field Office | HERD |
| 12 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | RAILROAD TIE NUMBER 2 |
| 10 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Richfield Field Office | DAGMAR |
| 1 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Richfield Field Office | LONESOME PINE |
| 8 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | TINK STANDARD 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 368 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajax Mine | Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Apex Standard Mine | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1923 | |
| Beck Tunnel Consolidated Mining Co | Silver, Manganese, Lead, Gold, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Black Dragon | Gold, Silver, Clay | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Black Jack | Silver, Iron, Manganese, Gold | Past Producer | Contact Metasomatic | |
| Boss Tweed Mine | Copper, Bismuth, Silver, Gold, Antimony, Lead, Arsenic | Prospect | Replacement | |
| Bradley Basin Prospects | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Brooklyn and Wedgewood Group | Manganese, Clay, Iron | Occurrence | Surface/Underground | |
| Bullion-Beck | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | 1882 | |
| Carisa Mine | Copper, Silver, Gold, Lead, Barium-Barite | Past Producer | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mammoth | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tintic Junction | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mammoth Junction | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Diamond | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Eureka | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Knightville | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Knight | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| McIntyre | 5.6 miles | 16 |
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7515901 | 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 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.






