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Sunnydale, Arkansas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Big Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 72081. It stands on Morris Branch. The Survey maps it on the Steprock quadrangle.

Sunnydale within White County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

77 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Sunnydale between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1,638 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2010Debris and open burning55 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionWHI17514057
23 September 2014Debris and open burning15 acresArkansas Forestry CommissionWHI17782797
20 September 2010Debris and open burning10 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2001Debris and open burning1.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in White County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sunnydale: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone. 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
UnkStonePast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkClayPast Producer
UnkSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in White County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunnydale in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 1999Tornado (F2)Sunnydale1 killed, 2 hurtno account filed
January 1999Tornado (F3)Sunnydale2 hurtno account filed
March 2010Tornado (EF1)Sunnydale$50,000One garage was destroyed and another was shifted off its foundation. A couple of sheds were destroyed and a carport was blown away. Trees were blown down.
June 2022Flash FloodSunnydale-The intersection of Hwy. 157 and Hwy. 124 was flooded.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindSunnydale-Thunderstorm winds blew down some large trees.
May 2003HailSunnydale-no account filed

Every storm recorded in White 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
Steprock1.4 miles9
Little Red2.1 miles9
Bare Stone3.3 miles9
Doyleville (historical)3.4 miles9
Davenport (historical)3.5 miles9
Maddock (historical)3.5 miles9
Dewey3.8 miles9
Hickory Flat4.2 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 58713. 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.