Sunnyside, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hiawassee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30546. It stands on Sutton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hiawassee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Hiawassee quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Hiawassee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Hiawassee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Hiawassee quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Hiawassee quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
258 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,515 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 167 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | IVY RIDGE |
| 18 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | North Carolina Forest Service | SNEAKING CREEK |
| 12 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TOWNS-001 |
| 11 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 4 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron-Pyrite, Corundum, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Mtn Silica Mine | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Berrong Prospect (Johnson Copper Prospect) | Copper, Iron-Pyrite | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| Cynth Creek Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hog Creek Corundum Mine | Corundum | Past Producer | ||
| Mcconell Estate | Manganese | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| Kerby Prospect | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Malden Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | Vein |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunnyside in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunnyside | $30,000 | The Towns County 911 Center reported that a tree had blown down on a home south of Hiawassee. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunnyside | $2,500 | Ameteur radio operators relayed reports of trees down across most of Towns County, especially in the east side of the county. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Sunnyside | - | Employees at the Long Ridge Camp Ground reported quarter sized hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hiawassee | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Beech Cove Vista | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Friendship | 2.2 miles | 24 | |
| Hunt (historical) | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Macedonia | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Presley | 3.2 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Cliff | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Young Harris | 3.7 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333164. 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.











