Sunny Valley, Oregon
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Grants Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97497. It stands on Salmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Golden quadrangle. It stands 1,260 feet above sea level.
On record in Sunny Valley
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 1 record
- Grave Creek Bridgelisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1904 USGS Riddle quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Medford quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:24000
- 1989 USGS Canyonville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
225 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Sunny Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,335 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 69 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Other causes | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Medford District | SEXTON MTN LOOKOUT |
| 5 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Medford District | SHANKS CREEK |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | RAILROAD AVE 851 |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Grants Pass Unit | I-5 MP 78 |
| 5 September 2000 | Other causes | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | NORTH FRONTAGE RD. |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Medford District | JACK CREEK |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Medford District | I 5 MP 75 |
| 3 September 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Grants Pass Unit | PP # A-5746 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 106 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 106 workings within 5 miles of Sunny Valley: 40 past producers, 23 occurrences, 22 prospects, 17 producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Chromium, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia | Chromium, Platinum, Gold | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Columbia Placer | Gold, PGE | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Queen | Gold, Copper, Silver, Mercury | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold | |
| Copper Queen Mine | Gold, Mercury, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Greenback | Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite | |
| Greenback Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| Horseshoe Lode | Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese, Tellurium | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Rhodochrosite | |
| Horseshoe Lode | Gold, Tellurium, Silver, Manganese, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Macabee Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Oro Grande | Gold, Arsenic | Past Producer | 1959 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placer | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Leland | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Greenback (historical) | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Golden | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hugo | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Wolf Creek | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Three Pines | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Pleasant Valley | 5.7 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sunny Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7640757 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1127729. 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.







