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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Medical Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Medical Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Medical Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Medical Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Medical Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Medical Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1987 USGS Spokane quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
159 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 52 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | EAST 902 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | BARTHOLOMEW VALVE |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.5 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MT CARMEL |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 95 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LAKELAND VILLAGE |
| 30 September 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 210 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FANCHER STUBBLE |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | FANCHER |
| 26 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | WELCOME WIND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cheney Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Silver Lake | Travertine | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wallace Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Giles & Peat Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Keene Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Medical Lake, County Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Washington Monument & Cut Stone Co. | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Brown Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Lake | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeland Village | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Four Lakes | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fairchild | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hayford | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Cheney | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Espanola | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Babb | 6.6 miles | 8 |
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.








