Sunniland, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Immokalee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34142. The Survey maps it on the Sunniland quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sunniland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Naples quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Sunniland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,595 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | TOMATO |
| 25 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge | NAT.OUT#2 |
| 27 August 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | LATE WORK (11) |
| 16 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2004-17-0429 |
| 12 July 2007 | Natural | 9.4 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | CUTTER |
| 1 July 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge | C-47 LIGHTNING FIRE |
| 6 June 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Big Cypress National Preserve | HINSON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sunniland: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crapse Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Florida Rock Ind. - Sunniland Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Sunniland Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunniland in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Sunniland | - | FHP officer travelling eastbound on I-75 reported a tornado touchdown north of the highway around mile marker 70 at 510 am. The officer lost site of the tornado at mile marker 66 at 517 am as it continued to travel northeast away from the interstate. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunniland | - | Power lines were knocked down in the 13000 block of Oil Well Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harker | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ave Maria | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Miles City | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Island | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Immokalee | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Golden Gates Estates | 12.2 miles | 13 | |
| Orangetree | 13.2 miles | 12 | |
| Deep Lake | 15.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294939. 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.





