BlockSunshine, Iowa
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1981. It stands in Bellair Township. It lies in ZIP code area 52544. The Survey maps it on the Centerville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1939 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Centerville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Centerville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sunshine between 2015 and 2019, burning about 264 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 14 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 6 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 December 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Sunshine: 13 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Zinc, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centerville Gypsum Co. Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Drill Hole | Zinc | Past Producer | Sphalerite | |
| Carter-Waters Corp. Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Centerville Clay Products Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Centerville Quarry | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Centerville No. 2 Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Centerville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Clarkdale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunshine in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Hail | Sunshine | $1,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Diamond (historical) | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Centerville | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Mystic | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Streepy | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Forbush | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Clarkdale | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Martinstown | 4.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 462120. 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.