Hard quilt/blister is unicorn rare in a forest tree, but surprisingly common in yard and street trees. Cue makers and other fine wood workers would be sick to know how much gets dumped in the landfill or turned into mulch.
The eastern half of the country also has silver maple. It's normal for silver maple to have extreme quilt & curly & blister figure. It's actually a whole lot like the big leaf. It grows along river edges and in wet lowlands. The bad part is that it's never commercially cut except for pallet or pulp. Nobody mills it for lumber, yet it's one of the biggest hardwood trees in the country and arguably the most commonly figured.