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Sunrise, Missouri

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Wheaton Township. It lies in ZIP code area 65734. It stands on Joyce Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wheaton quadrangle.

Sunrise within Barry County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise between 1992 and 2017, burning about 122 acres in total. None 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 burning16
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
19 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
10 September 1996Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
5 August 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 1994Debris and open burning20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 1994Arson/incendiarism20 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
2 August 1994Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
8 May 2017Debris and open burning10 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named
1 April 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresMissouri Department of Conservationnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barry County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sunrise: 8 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Zinc, Lead. 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
Allen & Stark MineZinc, LeadPast Producer
Unknown - LsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Feney LandLead, ZincProspect
Morton LandLead, ZincPast Producer
Northcutt MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Pioneer MineLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer
Unknown - Lead-ZincLead, ZincPast Producer

Every working recorded in Barry 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
Wheaton1.9 miles11
Pioneer3.1 miles11
Corsicana3.4 miles11
Burtonville5.3 miles11
El Paso (historical)5.8 miles14
Ridgley6.7 miles14
Purdy7.5 miles11
Butterfield8.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 740594. 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.