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Sunnybank, New York

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in Cape Vincent town. It lies in ZIP code area 13618. The Survey maps it on the Cape Vincent North quadrangle.

Sunnybank within Jefferson County

Then and now

1895 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sunnybank, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Sunnybank, surveyed 1895

On record in Sunnybank

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 3 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 17 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

35 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Sunnybank between 2003 and 2020, burning about 22 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1
Natural1

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
8 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use6.3 acresFire Department of New YorkN/A
4 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
23 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
22 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
22 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
19 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
14 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sunnybank: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bombard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
St Lawrence PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Millen Bay0.6 miles16
Warren3.0 miles16
Rosiere3.1 miles16
Saint Lawrence4.6 miles16
Cape Vincent5.0 miles17
Three Mile Bay6.5 miles16
Bayview7.6 miles17
Herrick Grove8.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 973744. 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.