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Sunnyside, Arizona

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bisbee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85611. It lies near Eureka Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Huachuca Peak quadrangle.

Sunnyside within Cochise County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,234 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony81
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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
29 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCoronado National ForestBEAR CAMP
29 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestNANCY
1 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoronado National ForestO'DONNELL
6 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestGRANITE
30 August 2002Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestBROWN
26 August 2000Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestCREST
15 August 2020Natural8.0 acresCoronado National ForestRAMSEY
9 July 1993Naturalunder an acreCoronado National ForestRATTLESNAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cochise County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 15 past producers, 6 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Copper Glance MineCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer1900
Eureka Canyon Zeolite OccurrenceZeolitesOccurrenceUnknown
Eureka MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProducer1951
Eureka MineLead, Silver, Copper, GoldPast Producer1900
Hamburg MineCopper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer1913, 1950
Hamburg MineGold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, CopperPast Producer1912
Harper MineGold, Silver, Copper, Tungsten, LeadProducerBornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Silver
Harper MineTungsten, Silver, Gold, Lead, CopperPast Producer1900
James GroupZinc, Tungsten, Lead, Copper, Silver, GoldProducerGalena, Gold, Scheelite, Silver
James GroupLead, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer1918

Every working recorded in Cochise County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunnyside in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2014: 3 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 2 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
August 2011LightningSunnyside2 hurtTwo illegal immigrants were struck by lightning near Sierra Vista and transported to a hospital. The Border Patrol reported that the injuries sustained by the two illegal immigrants was consistent with a lightning strike.
March 2014Heavy RainSunnyside$15,000Heavy rain was determined to be the cause of a 1-vehicle accident involving two women at Kilometer 15 on 1-19 in Rio Rico. The car drifted to the left into the center median at approximately 1215 MST and struck a tree. One woman was killed and the other was seriously injured.
July 2014Flash FloodSunnyside$5,000Heavy rain across Cochise County resulted in further flooding in parts of Sierra Vista. Early in the day, normally dry washes were still running from the previous day's rainfall, and storm debris (mainly rocks) remained on Willcox Drive and Buffalo Soldier Trail. After storms rolled through during the evening hours, law enforcement reported Moson Road closed yet again, this time at mile post 5, and Kings Ranch Road near Highway 92 was flooded over. The storm also washed out the only access for residents living along South Paloma Trail in Palominas, stranding several families.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindSunnyside$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew off a portion of a roof in Nogales.
August 2011Flash FloodSunnyside-Rainfall in excess of one inch under one hour on the Monument Fire burn area resulted in flooding along Montezuma Canyon Road. Heavy rainfall also resulted in water rushing across and down Hereford Road making the road impassable.
August 2010Flash FloodSunnyside-Thunderstorms dropped heavy rain with amounts ranging from 1 inch up to 3.5 inches, causing numerous streets to flood in Sierra Vista. In addition, the Hereford Road Bridge at the San Pedro River was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Cochise 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
Ramsey5.0 miles23
Bledsoe5.3 miles23
Black Bear Spring7.0 miles23
Bonnie Blink8.0 miles26
Nicksville8.3 miles19
Signal Village8.4 miles26
Cavalay Park8.5 miles26
Coronado Village8.5 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 34962. 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.