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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.

Sunnymead within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sunnymead, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Sunnymead, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 37 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

1,716 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined881
Equipment and vehicle use255
Misuse of fire by a minor234
Arson/incendiarism168
Smoking100
Debris and open burning38
Recreation and ceremony20
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Firearms and explosives use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitEUCALYPTUS AV MOVA
9 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitHAZELCREST CT MOVA
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitWINDEMERE
8 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
8 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresRiverside UnitHAWTHORN AV MOVA
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionJOHN F KENNEDY DR / LA BR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Linda Vista DepositsPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Mountain Group DepositAntimony, ArsenicPast Producer
Nason Street PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
Arnold Heights PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Box Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Nason Street PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020FloodSunnymead-Westbound lanes of Highway 60 in Moreno Valley heavily flooded.

Every storm recorded in Riverside 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
Moreno Valley0.7 miles37
Serrano Heights2.3 miles37
Edgemont2.3 miles43
March Field2.8 miles43
Box Springs2.8 miles45
West March3.1 miles43
Arnold Heights3.7 miles43
Alessandro4.0 miles43

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 Q122542739The 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.