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Sunny Vista, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91910. It lies near Rice Canyon. The Survey maps it on the National City quadrangle.

Sunny Vista within San Diego County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sunny Vista, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Sunny Vista, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

421 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 421 fires within 5 miles of Sunny Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,638 acres in total. None started naturally. 72 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined255
Arson/incendiarism72
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Smoking19
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeBONITA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Sunny Vista: 17 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Bentonite, 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
National Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
San Diego Stone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
San Diego Stone Co.QuarryStoneProducer
Otay Bentonite DepositBentonitePast ProducerBentonite
Standard Oil MineBentonitePast Producer
Chollas Valley Salt Co.SaltPast Producer
Chula Vista EvaporatorsSaltPast Producer
Sweetwater CreekSaltPast Producer
Beyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunny Vista in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 3 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2021FloodSunny Vista-The bottom of Interstate 805 south to Bonita Road exit offramp was flooded.
February 2017FloodSunny Vista-Flooding from the Sweetwater River forced the closure of Plaza Bonita Rd due to water over topping the bridge.
April 2016FloodSunny Vista-The CHP reported several inches of water across all lanes of Highway 54.

Every storm recorded in San Diego 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
Lynwood Hills0.9 miles32
Chula Vista0.9 miles32
Lincoln Acres1.6 miles32
Bonita2.2 miles32
Castle Park2.4 miles32
Paradise Hills2.4 miles32
Boal2.4 miles32
Harbor Side2.5 miles32

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 Q122597753The 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 1661529. 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.