Silver Brook, Washington
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Big Bottom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98377. It stands on Surrey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Randle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 23 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.
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:96000
- 1928 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Randle quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Rainier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Randle quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Randle quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Silver Brook between 1992 and 2019, burning about 122 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | SILVER CREEK |
| 5 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | TRIPLE CONE |
| 3 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | FOOTBALL |
| 20 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Gifford Pinchot National Forest | PURCELL |
| 9 August 1998 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Silver Brook: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kiona Creek B | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Kiona Creek C | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Kiona Creek D | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Smathers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Squatter Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver Brook in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2021 | Flood | Silver Brook | $526,000 | Heavy rain drove a several rivers and streams above flood stage. Major flooding occurred on the Cowlitz River and moderate flooding on the Newaukum River. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Silver Brook | $100,000 | There was some flooding of the Cispus and Cowlitz rivers. Forest Service Road 23 suffered extensive washouts at mileposts 12.5 and 24. As a result the popular road is currently closed at mileposts 11 and 25. There was additional flood-related closures on Forest Service roads in Lewis 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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vance (not official) | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Siler | 2.3 miles | 23 | |
| Randle | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Cora | 6.3 miles | 23 | |
| Cispus | 11.8 miles | 16 | |
| Packwood | 13.4 miles | 22 | |
| Glenoma | 13.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kosmos (historical) | 15.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1525750. 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.









