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Sunny Corner, Kentucky

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hawesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 42348. It stands on Faucett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cloverport quadrangle.

Sunny Corner within Hancock County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

24 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Sunny Corner between 1999 and 2019, burning about 440 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning8
Recreation and ceremony5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
24 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryOPEN PIT
12 September 1999Smoking1.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
21 August 1999Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
1 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHoosier National ForestWALTRIP
28 April 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresHoosier National ForestECHO
19 April 2016Recreation and ceremony8.0 acresKentucky Division of ForestryINDIAN LAKE
13 April 2001Debris and open burning11 acresKentucky Division of Forestrynot named
12 April 2001Debris and open burning5.0 acresHoosier National ForestSUPERFOOT'S NEIGHBOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hancock 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 Sunny Corner: 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Clay, 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
Cloverport Pit & PlantClayPast Producer
Cloverport RoadcutSilicaProspect
Cloverport Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Hancock County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunny Corner in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 1 hail, 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSunny Corner-A tree was down on Squirrel Tail Hollow Road.
December 2015HailSunny Corner-A trained spotter reported hail 1 inch in diameter.

Every storm recorded in Hancock 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
Dukes2.4 miles14
Skillman2.8 miles17
Scuffletown (historical)4.1 miles14
Patesville5.5 miles14
Hawesville5.6 miles22
Goering6.0 miles17
Chambers6.2 miles17
Arrington Corner6.8 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122548055The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 509162. 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.