Sunnyside, California
32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lake Tahoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96145. It stands on Ward Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tahoe City quadrangle. It stands 6,260 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1891 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1891 against another survey:
On record in Sunnyside
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Chapel of the Transfigurationlisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 32 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.
- 1891 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1932 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:96000
- 1940 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Tahoe quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tahoe City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Chico quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Truckee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Tahoe City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 3 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 | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 50 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
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 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | 64 ACRES |
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | ANN |
| 8 September 2001 | Other causes | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | MERTENS |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | RESORT |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | THUNDER |
| 5 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | POLARIS |
| 4 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit | BLACKWOOD |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tahoe National Forest | FIVE LAKES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squaw Valley Grayel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunnyside in 2 storm reports between 2018 and 2019: 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2019 | Heavy Rain | Sunnyside | - | SNOTEL near the headwaters of Ward Creek reported 4.90 inches of rainfall in a 48-hour period from 1 December 0000PST to 2 December 2359PST. Station elevation of 6764 ft MSL. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | Sunnyside | - | Mesonet station WRDC1, 2 miles south of Alpine Meadows reported 0.50 inches of rainfall in a 24-hour period from 13 July 2000PST to 14 July 2000PST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tahoe Park | 0.2 miles | 32 | |
| Tahoe Woods | 0.4 miles | 32 | |
| Pine Land | 0.5 miles | 32 | |
| Talmont | 0.7 miles | 32 | |
| Twin Peaks Estates | 1.1 miles | 32 | |
| Comstock Acres | 1.1 miles | 32 | |
| Timberland | 1.3 miles | 32 | |
| Rampart | 2.0 miles | 32 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sunnyside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7640851 | 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 1659923. 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.










