Silver Creek, Wisconsin
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Sherman town. It lies in ZIP code area 53075. It stands on Batavia Creek. The Survey maps it on the Batavia quadrangle. It stands 906 feet above sea level.
On record in Silver Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Charles T. and Gertrude Rietz Houselisted 2018
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1955 USGS Kewaskum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Madison quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Batavia quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Fond Du Lac quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Silver Creek between 2014 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 2183 |
| 31 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Leopold Wetland Management District | BATAVIA 2 |
| 15 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 19017 |
| 6 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Leopold Wetland Management District | BATAVIA |
| 29 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 755 |
| 26 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 754 |
| 26 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1330 |
| 15 April 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 1178 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Silver Creek: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clump Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hartman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Southwest Area Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver Creek in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver Creek | $4,000 | Trees 2.5 to 3 feet in diameter blown down and blocking the intersection of Highway 28 and Highway 144. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gooseville | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Batavia | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cranberry Marsh | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Random Lake | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Beechwood | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Adell | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dacada | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cascade | 7.1 miles | 12 |
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 Silver Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7515942 | The 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 1574099. 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.




