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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.

Sunniland within Collier County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The 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 sheet of Sunniland, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Sunniland, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

83 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Debris and open burning10
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
3 September 2000Natural1.0 acresBig Cypress National PreserveTOMATO
25 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Panther National Wildlife RefugeNAT.OUT#2
27 August 2011Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLATE WORK (11)
16 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 2004Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2004-17-0429
12 July 2007Natural9.4 acresBig Cypress National PreserveCUTTER
1 July 2010Natural1.0 acresFlorida Panther National Wildlife RefugeC-47 LIGHTNING FIRE
6 June 1993Naturalunder an acreBig Cypress National PreserveHINSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Crapse PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Florida Rock Ind. - Sunniland QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Sunniland QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Collier County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2016Tornado (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 2009Thunderstorm WindSunniland-Power lines were knocked down in the 13000 block of Oil Well Road.

Every storm recorded in Collier 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
Harker5.1 miles12
Ave Maria6.7 miles13
Miles City7.9 miles13
Rock Island10.8 miles12
Immokalee11.1 miles12
Golden Gates Estates12.2 miles13
Orangetree13.2 miles12
Deep Lake15.6 miles12

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.