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Silver Springs, Utah

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Park City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 84098. It lies near Willow Draw. The Survey maps it on the Park City West quadrangle.

Silver Springs within Summit 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Silver Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 58 acres in total. 13 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
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning15
Recreation and ceremony14
Natural13
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsOLD RANCH
8 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsJEREMY I80
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsRANCH MORNING
5 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSACKET
30 September 2000Fireworks25 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsABILITY CENTER FIRE
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreUtah Division Forestry Fire State LandsSTAR VIEW
16 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresUtah Division Forestry Fire State Lands40-4
14 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreUinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Summit County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Silver Springs: 33 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Gold, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Lead, Zinc. 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
Central Wasatch Range GroupPhosphorus-Phosphates, UraniumPast ProducerSurface, Underground
Creole TunnelLead, SilverPast Producer
Garey Shaft and ProspectsSilver, Gold, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Park City DistrictSilver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, GoldProducer1869, 1971
Round Valley South ProspectManganese, IronOccurrenceHematite, Limonite, Pyrolusite
Silver King Extension MineGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Spiro TunnelLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, CopperPast Producer1889
Unknown Tunnels and ProspectsLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer
Creole TunnelSilver, LeadPast Producer1880
Park City Cemetery ProspectsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Summit 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
Snyderville0.8 miles26
Kimball Junction1.5 miles26
Silver Creek Junction3.1 miles26
East Basin3.2 miles26
Jeremy Ranch3.4 miles23
Gogorza3.6 miles23
Atkinson4.4 miles26
Summit Park4.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1449006. 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.