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Sunnyside, Colorado

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Creede census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81130. It stands on Rat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Creede quadrangle.

Sunnyside within Mineral County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 1992 and 2016, burning about 7 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 August 1992Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National Forestnot named
4 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMineral County Fire Protection DistrictUNKNOWN
23 August 2003Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestMCKENZIE MOUNTAIN
22 August 2015Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestMIDDLE RAT CREEK
2 August 2010Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestOSO
8 July 1994Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National Forestnot named
26 July 2014Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestRAT CREEK
17 July 1994Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mineral County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 142 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 142 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 104 past producers, 28 occurrences, 5 producers, 2 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Lead, Copper. 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
Amethyst MineSilver, Lead, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Cadmium, Arsenic, AntimonyPast Producer1891, 1976
Bachelor MineLead, Silver, Zinc, Gold, Copper, Antimony, ManganesePast Producer1884
Berkshire ShaftSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer
Bethel ClaimSilver, Gold, LeadOccurrenceGalena
Captive IncaSilver, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Colewood TunnelZinc, Lead, CopperOccurrenceAnglesite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Commodore MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold, Antimony, ManganesePast Producer1891
ConejosGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Cowboy Johnson AditSilver, Lead, Copper, ZincOccurrence1979, 1980
Creede FormationSilver, Manganese, Barium-BariteProducer1973

Every working recorded in Mineral 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
Creede1.8 miles25
North Creede2.2 miles25
Weaver (historical)3.0 miles25
Spar City9.6 miles24
Lucky Seven Summer Homes21.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 190446. 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.