Sunnymead, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92553. The Survey maps it on the Sunnymead quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 37 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Perris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Perris quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Sunnymead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Sunnymead quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,716 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,716 fires within 5 miles of Sunnymead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,787 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 168 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/undetermined | 881 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 255 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 234 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 168 |
| Smoking | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | EUCALYPTUS AV MOVA |
| 9 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | HAZELCREST CT MOVA |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | WINDEMERE |
| 8 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 8 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Riverside Unit | HAWTHORN AV MOVA |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | JOHN F KENNEDY DR / LA BR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sunnymead: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Antimony, Arsenic. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Vista Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Mountain Group Deposit | Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Nason Street Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Arnold Heights Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Box Springs Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Nason Street Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunnymead in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Flood | Sunnymead | - | Westbound lanes of Highway 60 in Moreno Valley heavily flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moreno Valley | 0.7 miles | 37 | |
| Serrano Heights | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Edgemont | 2.3 miles | 43 | |
| March Field | 2.8 miles | 43 | |
| Box Springs | 2.8 miles | 45 | |
| West March | 3.1 miles | 43 | |
| Arnold Heights | 3.7 miles | 43 | |
| Alessandro | 4.0 miles | 43 |
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 Q122542739 | 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 1661530. 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.













