Silver Creek is a major tributary of the South Fork American River in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Ice House Reservoir lies along South Fork Silver Creek four miles northwest of Kyburz.
And thirdly, Junction Reservoir sits directly below Union House Dam.
Big Silver Creek begins near Pearl Lake just to the southeast of Two Peaks East in the Desolation Wilderness and flows for six miles due west into Union Valley Reservoir.
It receives Little Silver Creek immediately below the dam and flows into Junction Reservoir.