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Sunnyslope, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Palermo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95901. It lies near Swain Hill. The Survey maps it on the Loma Rica quadrangle. It stands 548 feet above sea level.

Sunnyslope within Butte County

Then and now

1888 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 107 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sunnyslope, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Sunnyslope, surveyed 1888

Compare 1888 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 27 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

414 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 414 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyslope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,166 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined140
Equipment and vehicle use129
Debris and open burning72
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #2
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #4
9 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitHONCUT #3
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresButte UnitDUNSTONE
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNevada-Yuba-Placer UnitWOLF
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresButte UnitLAPORTE EAST
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresButte UnitGIPSON
6 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreButte UnitDELANO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Butte County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyslope: 16 occurrences, 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silver. 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
OsgoodIronProspect
LundClayProducerSedimentary
LundClayPast Producer
StenersonGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed LocationGold, SilverOccurrence
Bangor QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hammett Talkings RockStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Swain Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blue Lead MineGoldOccurrence
Blue Lead MineGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Butte 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
Bangor2.0 miles25
Honcut6.0 miles21
Swedes Flat (historical)6.2 miles26
Wyandotte6.5 miles25
Craig7.3 miles21
Palermo7.3 miles25
Vista Robles7.4 miles25
Hurleton9.3 miles25

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 SunnyslopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7640913The 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 1659924. 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.