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Sunnyside, Illinois

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in McHenry Township. It lies in ZIP code area 60051. It lies near Halfmoon Islands. The Survey maps it on the Fox Lake quadrangle.

Sunnyside within McHenry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

43 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 2008 and 2020, burning about 220 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1

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
30 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources17-2800
30 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesMARTIN
9 July 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01639
9 July 2012Debris and open burning1.1 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01644
7 July 2012Fireworks2.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01622
4 July 2012Fireworks1.0 acresIllinois Division of Forestry Resources12-01582
21 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources16-1966
16 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreIllinois Division of Forestry Resources16-001903

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McHenry County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Big Hollow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Green Valley East Gate PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pistakee PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Possum Run Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Volo PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McHenry County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunnyside in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
April 2026Thunderstorm WindSunnyside-A tree was uprooted and a metal sign blown over west of Pistakee Highlands.

Every storm recorded in McHenry 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
Johnsburg1.1 miles20
Pistakee Highlands1.7 miles20
Palm Beach1.8 miles20
Pistakee2.1 miles20
Eastwood Manor3.1 miles23
Ringwood3.8 miles17
Spring Grove3.8 miles20
McCullom Lake3.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 419392. 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.