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Sunnyside, 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 91902. It lies near Long Canyon. The Survey maps it on the National City quadrangle.

Sunnyside 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 Sunnyside, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Sunnyside, 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

409 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 409 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,842 acres in total. None started naturally. 66 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/undetermined246
Arson/incendiarism66
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning24
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot 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
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Diego UnitSAN MIGUEL
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt, 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.QuarryStoneProducer
Chollas Valley Salt Co.SaltPast Producer
San Diego Stone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sweetwater CreekSaltPast Producer
Weaver DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Birch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Jamacha Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
L. E. Morrison Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sierra Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunnyside in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 1 heavy rain, 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
January 2023FloodSunnyside-Swift water rescue on Otay Lakes Road and milepost 8. Victim was rescued on top of the vehicle.
October 2021Heavy RainSunnyside-Thunderstorms produced rain totals near three quarters of an inch in some places in the San Diego county valleys.

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
South Bay Terraces1.3 miles32
Bonita1.3 miles32
Paradise Hills2.2 miles32
Eastlake2.2 miles30
North Bay Terraces2.3 miles32
Rancho del Rey2.3 miles32
Lomita2.5 miles32
La Presa2.5 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661531. 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.