Silver Creek Junction, Utah
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Park City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84098. The Survey maps it on the Park City East quadrangle.
On record in Silver Creek Junction
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Kimball Stage Stoplisted 1971 · 1.0 miles away
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Kimball Hotel, U.S. Route 40, Silver Creek Junctionfederal building survey, 6 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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 Salt Lake quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1900 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1903 USGS Coalville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Park City East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Salt Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Park City East quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Silver Creek Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 775 acres in total. 7 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 | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | OLD RANCH |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | JEREMY I80 |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SEMI SIDE |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RICHARDSON FLATE |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | RANCH MORNING |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | SACKET |
| 30 September 2000 | Fireworks | 25 acres | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | ABILITY CENTER FIRE |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Utah Division Forestry Fire State Lands | STAR VIEW |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Silver Creek Junction: 24 past producers, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clegg Adit | Silver, Gold, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Round Valley South Prospect | Manganese, Iron | Occurrence | Hematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite | |
| Silver King Extension Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Silver King Extension Mine and Prospects | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Monarch Claim | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Round Valley Ne Quarries | Stone, Dimension, Stone | Producer | ||
| Unknown Quarries | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Velvet Group | Silver, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Dority Spring Prospects | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | Pyrolusite | |
| Dority Spring Prospects | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Basin | 0.7 miles | 26 | |
| Atkinson | 1.4 miles | 26 | |
| Kimball Junction | 2.5 miles | 26 | |
| Silver Springs | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Snyderville | 3.5 miles | 26 | |
| Jeremy Ranch | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Keetley Junction | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Gogorza | 4.1 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1445593. 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.








