BlockSunny Home, Alabama
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Brilliant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35548. The Survey maps it on the Gold Mine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Gold Mine quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Gadsden quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Haleyville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Sunny Home between 1994 and 2017, burning about 600 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20140923-001 |
| 2 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | NOR-20150918-001 |
| 18 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piney Grove | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Whitehouse | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Gold Mine | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Brilliant | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Thornhill | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Brookside | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pull Tight | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Rock City | 6.9 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122539593 | 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 127560. 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.