BlockSunnyside, Nevada
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Duckwater census division. The Survey maps it on the Sunnyside quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1956 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Lund quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Sunnyside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Quinn Canyon Range quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 2003 and 2018, burning about 473 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | BUTTERFIELD |
| 17 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | SUNNYSIDE |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | 25 acres | Ely District Office | SOLO |
| 10 August 2018 | Natural | 4.9 acres | Ely District Office | KIRCH |
| 9 July 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | BUTTERFIELD SPRING |
| 22 July 2006 | Natural | 443 acres | Ely District Office | WHIPPLE |
| 12 June 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | NEO |
| 11 June 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Ely District Office | TRINITY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butterfield Springs | Geothermal | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Creek | 7.4 miles | 5 | |
| White River (historical) | 14.2 miles | 7 | |
| Grant City (historical) | 26.7 miles | 6 | |
| Troy (historical) | 29.8 miles | 6 | |
| Gold Point (historical) | 32.3 miles | 10 | |
| Currant | 32.6 miles | 7 | |
| Allred (historical) | 33.0 miles | 8 | |
| Crows Nest | 34.4 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 845690. 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.