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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.

Silver Brook within Lewis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

46 since 1992

Regional 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 burning12
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2001Smokingunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
5 September 2006Natural1.5 acresGifford Pinchot National ForestSILVER CREEK
5 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersTRIPLE CONE
3 September 2005Smokingunder an acreGifford Pinchot National ForestFOOTBALL
20 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
15 September 2012Naturalunder an acreGifford Pinchot National ForestPURCELL
9 August 1998Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lewis County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Kiona Creek BPumiceOccurrence
Kiona Creek CPumiceOccurrence
Kiona Creek DPumiceOccurrence
Smathers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Squatter QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lewis County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2021FloodSilver Brook$526,000Heavy 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 2015FloodSilver Brook$100,000There 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.

Every storm recorded 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Vance (not official)2.2 miles23
Siler2.3 miles23
Randle2.6 miles23
Cora6.3 miles23
Cispus11.8 miles16
Packwood13.4 miles22
Glenoma13.5 miles16
Kosmos (historical)15.1 miles15

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.