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Silver Fork, Utah

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cottonwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84121. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Park City West quadrangle.

Silver Fork within Salt Lake County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 26 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Silver Fork between 1992 and 2020, burning about 34 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 1 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
Natural29
Recreation and ceremony27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Fireworks1

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 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestMARY
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestREDMAN
7 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestBIG WATER
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGUARDSMAN PASS-CLOUD RIM
5 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsGUARDSMAN PASS
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestGOBBLERS KNOB
4 September 2007Naturalunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestALBION BASIN
30 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestCOAL PIT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Salt Lake County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 264 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 264 workings within 5 miles of Silver Fork: 177 past producers, 51 occurrences, 18 producers, 17 prospects. 18 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Silver, Copper, Silver, Lead, 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
Alta Consolidated MineLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, IronPast Producer1875, 1919
Alta Consolidated MineZinc, Silver, Molybdenum, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
American ProspectLead, Zinc, CopperProspect
American TunnelCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ManganesePast Producer1875, 1918
Anchor ShaftSilver, Zinc, Lead, Gold, CopperPast Producer
Black Bess MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum, ZincPast Producer1869, 1870, 1903
Butte MineSilver, Lead, Copper, Manganese, Molybdenum, Gold, ZincPast Producer1869, 1870, 1880
California MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Antimony, SulfurPast Producer
Cardiff MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1885
Cardiff MineZinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in Salt Lake County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver Fork in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSilver Fork-A wind gust of 79 mph was recorded at the Cardiff Peak SNOTEL site. A wind gust of 78 mph occurred at the Central Wasatch Peaks site.

Every storm recorded in Salt Lake 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
Brighton2.3 miles24
Alta3.2 miles26
Mount Aire8.7 miles26
Wasatch Resort9.0 miles25
Mount Olympus10.2 miles25
Cottonwood Heights10.6 miles25
Knudsens Corner10.7 miles25
East Millcreek11.6 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1445595. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.