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Silver Reef, Utah

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Hurricane census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84746. It lies near Buckeye Reef. The Survey maps it on the Pintura quadrangle. It stands 3,796 feet above sea level.

Silver Reef within Washington County

On record in Silver Reef

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 1 record

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 2022

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.

Relics of the boom days in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Relics of the boom days in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The old Wells Fargo Express stagecoach office in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
The old Wells Fargo Express stagecoach office in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
The old and sturdy town jail in what is now in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town in southwest Utah, was moved to the nearby town of Leeds and turned into an ice house after the mine's demise
The old and sturdy town jail in what is now in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town in southwest Utah, was moved to the nearby town of Leeds and turned into an ice house after the mine's demise
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress
Wells, Fargo & Company Express Building, Main Street, Silver Reef, Washington County, UT
Wells, Fargo & Company Express Building, Main Street, Silver Reef, Washington County, UT
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Relics of the boom days in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Relics of the boom days in Silver Reef, a silver-mining ghost town, near the town of Leeds in southwest Utah
Highsmith, Carol M, 2022. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Silver Reef between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,204 acres in total. 59 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
Natural59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsLEEDS ASST #2
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDixie National ForestLEEDS CREEK
7 September 2009Naturalunder an acreArizona Strip Field OfficeTOQUERVILLE ASSIST 2
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestCAROLINA
6 September 2012Natural5.2 acresDixie National ForestHEATH WASH
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestITALIAN SPRING
5 September 2012Naturalunder an acreDixie National ForestSILVER REEF
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCedar City Field OfficeWHITE REEF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 91 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 91 workings within 5 miles of Silver Reef: 64 past producers, 12 occurrences, 7 prospects, 4 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Uranium, Stone, Dimension. 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
Chloride ChiefSilver, Uranium, Copper, VanadiumPast ProducerCarnotite, Cerargyrite, Malachite, Vanadinite
Cinder PitVolcanic MaterialsPast ProducerAsh
Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
Hot Rock #1Uranium, Vanadium, SilverPast ProducerUnderground
Hot Rock No.1Vanadium, Silver, UraniumPast Producer
NevadaCopper, Uranium, SilverPast Producer
Newton Mine - NicholsSilver, Uranium, CopperProspectUnderground
Sandstone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerSedimentary
Sandstone QuarrySilicaPast Producer
Vanderbilt No.5 MinesSilver, Copper, UraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver Reef in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 flash flood. 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
July 2022Flash FloodSilver Reef$1,000A thunderstorm produced heavy rainfall over the course of an hour or so in the high terrain northwest of the town of Leeds, UT. Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor 1-hour estimates show around 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rainfall with this storm. An initial report was received of water over the bridge at Red Cliffs Campground as water flowed out of Water Canyon and through Harrisburg Creek. A short time later, a video was found on Twitter showing water flowing through the campground and overtopping the access bridge.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Leeds1.1 miles17
Harrisburg3.5 miles17
Anderson Junction3.9 miles18
Toquerville4.4 miles18
LaVerkin6.3 miles17
Hurricane6.8 miles17
Harrisburg Junction7.1 miles17
Pintura7.8 miles18

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 ReefAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1290302The 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 1445602. 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.