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Sunnybrook, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jackson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95640. The Survey maps it on the Ione quadrangle. It stands 784 feet above sea level.

Sunnybrook within Amador County

Then and now

1889 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sunnybrook, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Sunnybrook, surveyed 1889

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Sunnybrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,073 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined103
Equipment and vehicle use87
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
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
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPARDEE
9 September 1999Natural10 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit0WENS
8 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitSUTTER
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unit124
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresAmador-El Dorado UnitSUNSET
7 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCentral California DistrictBUENA
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado UnitPOND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Amador County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 157 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 157 workings within 5 miles of Sunnybrook: 59 occurrences, 30 past producers, 30 prospects, 26 producers. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Copper, Chromium. 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
Ellis PropertyChromium, IronProspect
FancherGold, ClayProducer
G. J. AlexanderStone, DimensionOccurrence
HaywardCopper, Silver, Gold, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Ione Pit and MillZirconium, Titanium, KaolinProducer1954
MooneyGemstone, QuartzOccurrence
MooneyGemstoneProspect
NewtonCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1863
Buena Vista Dredge No 3Gold, SilverPast Producer
Johnson RanchCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceUnderground

Every working recorded in Amador 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
Firebrick2.6 miles28
Chinatown (historical)2.8 miles28
Ione3.0 miles28
Buena Vista3.9 miles28
Dagon4.5 miles28
Martell4.6 miles29
Sutter Hill4.7 miles30
Sutter Creek5.2 miles30

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 Q7640784The 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 1659920. 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.