Sunny, North Dakota

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mandan unorganized territory. It lies in ZIP code area 58554. The Survey maps it on the Mandan quadrangle.

Sunny within Morton County

On record in Sunny

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Sunnyside Farm Barnlisted 1996 · 0.8 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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.

1907 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:62500
1951 USGS Mandan quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Mandan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Bismarck quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

28 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Sunny between 2005 and 2020, burning about 52 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined	10
Fireworks	4
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Recreation and ceremony	3
Smoking	3
Debris and open burning	2
Natural	2

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
30 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	2.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	not named
25 September 2020	Smoking	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	ROUGHRIDER
21 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	not named
17 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	I-94 MM 122
17 September 2020	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	FD2009170004
6 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
12 August 2019	Natural	1.0 acres	North Dakota State Forest Service	DOLL BALE FIRE
4 July 2020	Fireworks	under an acre	North Dakota State Forest Service	PAULSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Morton County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sunny: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
U S Noonlite Mine & Plant	Clay	Producer
Dakota Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Helm Bros Sand & Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sunny Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Wetch Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Morton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mandan	3.6 miles	10
Meadow Park	3.7 miles	10
Frontier Homesteads	4.4 miles	11
Rock Haven	4.7 miles	10
Lyons	5.2 miles	5
Twin City Estates	6.0 miles	11
On-a-Slant Village (historical)	7.3 miles	11
Harmon	8.4 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1032386. 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.