Sunrise, Minnesota
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Sunrise Township. It lies in ZIP code area 55056. It stands on Sunrise River. The Survey maps it on the Sunrise quadrangle. It stands 814 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1950 USGS Rush City quadrangle1:48000
- 1953 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Rush City quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Stillwater quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Sunrise quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Grantsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 258 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 August 1996 | Smoking | 14 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 9 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sunrise: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E F Hals Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunrise in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunrise | - | Trees measuring 8 to 10-inch diameter and powerlines down across roadway, 3 miles east of Sunrise, MN or 7 miles NE of North Branch, MN. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunrise | - | There were a few trees uprooted east of Sunrise. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunrise | - | Tree toppled in Sunrise. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kost | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Almelund | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Harris | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| North Branch | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Branch | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Oakwood Court | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Palmdale | 9.0 miles | 23 | |
| Elm Estates | 10.7 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sunrise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16900912 | The 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 652840. 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.








