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Silverton, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Granite Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98252. It stands on Silver Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Silverton quadrangle. It stands 1,535 feet above sea level.

Silverton within Snohomish County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Silverton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 8 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
Recreation and ceremony59
Natural8
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Fireworks1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
5 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestNORTH LAKE
5 September 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestMARTIN
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestMILEPOST 22
4 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestCOAL
29 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestCOAL CREEK #1
29 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestCOAL CREEK #2
28 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestDEER CREEK WEST
23 September 2012Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreMt. Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestLAZY CAMPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Snohomish County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 127 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 127 workings within 5 miles of Silverton: 68 occurrences, 39 prospects, 11 past producers, 6 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver. 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
Ala-DicksonCopper, Gold, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Ala-Dickson ClaimsCopper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, LeadOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Big CopperCopper, Cobalt, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Big FourLead, Antimony, SilverProspect
Big FourIronOccurrence
Big Four ProspectSilver, Lead, Arsenic, AntimonyOccurrenceGalena, Tetrahedrite
Bonanza QueenCopper, Gold, Silver, Tellurium, ArsenicOccurrence
Bonanza QueenCopper, Gold, Silver, Tellurium, ArsenicPast Producer
Bonanza Queen MineGold, Copper, Silver, Iron, Arsenic, TelluriumPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Sylvanite
Carpenter QuarryStone, DimensionProducer

Every working recorded in Snohomish 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
Bedal9.2 miles16
Verlot11.2 miles17
Monte Cristo11.2 miles17
Darrington12.3 miles15
Andron12.9 miles15
Robe13.1 miles17
Galena14.4 miles17
Barco15.0 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on SilvertonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q27989076The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1525804. 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.