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Sunnyside, Missouri

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Windsor Township. It lies in ZIP code area 63052. It stands on Glaize Creek. The Survey maps it on the Valmeyer quadrangle.

Sunnyside within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

70 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 2005 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresIllinois Division of Forestry ResourcesGARHEB
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
18 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMissouri State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 10 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown - S&GSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Columbia Quarry No. 3Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Glen Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Goetz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Jefferson County QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
North Tunnel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Old Goetz QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
South Tunnel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Trautman Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Sulphur Springs0.9 miles26
Kimmswick1.2 miles26
Barnhart1.3 miles25
Imperial1.5 miles25
Engle (historical)2.4 miles25
Bushburg3.0 miles25
Wickes3.2 miles28
Byers3.3 miles28

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 727307. 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.