Sunnyvale, Missouri
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1991. It stands in Shoal Creek Township. It lies in ZIP code area 64804. The Survey maps it on the Joplin East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Joplin East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Joplin East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Joplin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyvale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 42 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 179195-07341-09232019-1332 |
| 22 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Missouri Department of Conservation | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Missouri Department of Conservation | 220610-07341-08092020-1309 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 989 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 989 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyvale: 988 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Zinc, Lead, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirshmann-Jeffries Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn/Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown - Zn/Pb | Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Cox and Owen Stokes Lease | Zinc | Past Producer | 1915 | |
| J&M Mining Co.-Ben Putnam | Zinc | Past Producer | 1895 | |
| Unknown | Zinc | Past Producer | 1890, 1916 | |
| Griesmer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Joplin Stone Co. Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Opossum Hollow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Taxbox Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Dennis Acres | 0.6 miles | 19 | |
| Gateway Drive | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| Leawood | 1.0 miles | 19 | |
| Silver Creek | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Shoal Creek Drive | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Cliff Village | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Shoal Creek Estates | 2.3 miles | 19 |
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 Sunnyvale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7640923 | 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 727315. 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.










