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Silver Lake, Washington

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cheney-Medical Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 99022. It lies near Riddle Hill. The Survey maps it on the Medical Lake quadrangle.

Silver Lake within Spokane County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Silver Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,264 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined52
Recreation and ceremony27
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Fireworks6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersEAST 902
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBARTHOLOMEW VALVE
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMT CARMEL
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined95 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLAKELAND VILLAGE
30 September 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined210 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFANCHER STUBBLE
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersFANCHER
26 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWELCOME WIND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Spokane County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Silver Lake: 17 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Travertine. 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
Cheney QuarryStoneProducer
Silver LakeTravertineProspect
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wallace QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Giles & Peat QuarryGranitePast Producer
Keene QuarryGranitePast Producer
Medical Lake, County QuarryGranitePast Producer
Washington Monument & Cut Stone Co.GranitePast Producer
Brown PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Spokane 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
Medical Lake2.2 miles13
Lakeland Village3.0 miles13
Four Lakes3.0 miles11
Fairchild5.7 miles12
Hayford5.8 miles11
Cheney6.0 miles9
Espanola6.0 miles13
Babb6.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1514874. 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.