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Sunnyside, Montana

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Anaconda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 59711. It lies near Ice House Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Anaconda South quadrangle.

Sunnyside within Deer Lodge County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 1992 and 2019, burning about 56 acres in total. 14 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural14
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2
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
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK #2
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeCLEAR CREEK
25 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeWASHOE PARK
21 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
16 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
9 August 2007Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land Officenot named
6 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeBIG GULCH
5 August 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSouthwestern Land OfficeA HILL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Deer Lodge County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 12 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
(Facility) Anaconda Reduction SmelterCopperPlant
Anaconda Hot SpringsGeothermal, IronProducer
Anaconda QuarryPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, UraniumOccurrence
Browns QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Clay Deposit Se of the Town of Lost CreekBrick ClayOccurrenceCalcite, Feldspar, Illite, Kaolin, Mica, Quartz
Garrity Hill AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Chromium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Nickel, Vanadium, UraniumProspect
Hesperia & MinervaManganeseOccurrence
Placer Fire Clay PitClayProducer
Stuckey RidgeLimestone, General, DolomiteUnknown
Tri City Concrete ProdsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Deer Lodge 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
Anaconda2.9 miles21
West Valley2.9 miles16
Stump Town3.5 miles16
Lost Creek4.8 miles21
Mine Creek5.9 miles21
Mill Creek5.9 miles21
Staton6.5 miles21
Opportunity8.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 802212. 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.