BlockSunshine, Arkansas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 2002. It stands in Portland Township. It lies in ZIP code area 71661. The Survey maps it on the Portland quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1935 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Wilmot quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Crossett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Portland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sunshine between 2002 and 2011, burning about 86 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | FARM FIRE #1 |
| 11 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 December 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 October 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Overflow National Wildlife Refuge | HEADQUATERS |
| 23 October 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 October 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunshine in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2020: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunshine | $30,000 | Numerous trees and powerlines were blown down. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunshine | $10,000 | Trees were blown down along Highway 8 between Hamburg and Parkdale. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunshine | - | An estimated wind gust of 70 mph was observed along Highway 8. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson (historical) | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Portland | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Parkdale | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Thebes | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lloyd | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Montrose | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Donbey | 8.0 miles | 13 |
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 Sunshine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7641395 | 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 57200. 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.
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.