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Decorative drawing: a small American settlement seen from a low hill. Not a photograph of this place.

Sunnyland, Ohio

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1986. It stands in Springfield Township. It lies in ZIP code area 45506. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Springfield quadrangle.

Sunnyland within Clark County

Then and now

1904 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sunnyland, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Sunnyland, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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.

What happened here

An account from the chapter on Springfield township, in the words of 1881.

1881, Springfield Township

The Council Of 1807

One Myers was killed near Urbanw by a party of wandering Indians, and u fumily named Elliott, living on Mad Niver, was visited by an Indian of 'teeumsch's tribe, who demanded a buteher-knife of them, was refused, and told to leave. Mrs. Elliott was soon after out getting firewood in the door-yard, when o rifleshot was heard and o ball whistled through the front of her sun-bonnot and grazed the skiu upon her throat.

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In the 1881 county history

1,094,640 words on this township

The county history of 1881 has no passage naming this settlement, which was common for the smaller places. Its township is covered in full.

The chapter on Springfield Township covers the township.

Read the chapter on Springfield Township - 1,094,640 words.

Fires nearby

4 since 2002

The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyland between 2002 and 2002, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
23 February 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
25 October 2002Naturalunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named
1 October 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreOhio State Fire Marshal's Officenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Specimens collected nearby

12 of 1,460 shown

Museums hold 1,460 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sunnyland between 1840 and 1975: 981 Animalia, 338 Plantae, 138 Fungi, 2 Unrecorded, 1 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by 73.7; J.H., ?, A JOHN and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Cystopteris protrusa (Weath.) BlasdellCystopteris protrusa (Weath.) Blasdell1878Beardslee, H.C.near Springfield
Specimen of Conardia compacta (Müll.Hal.) H.Rob.Conardia compacta (Müll.Hal.) H.Rob.1910H.S. JewettNeff Park, Yellow Springs
Specimen of Hygroamblystegium irriguum var. spinifolium Mönk.Hygroamblystegium irriguum var. spinifolium Mönk.1913Henry S. JewettNeff Park
A photograph of the species Caulophyllum thalictroides, not of this specimenCaulophyllum thalictroides (L.) Michx.1840Williams, M.G.Springfield
A photograph of the species Staphylea trifolia, not of this specimenStaphylea trifolia L.1840Williams, M.G.Springfield
A photograph of the species Funaria hygrometrica, not of this specimenFunaria hygrometrica Hedw.1846not recordedSpringfield
A photograph of the species Bidens bipinnata, not of this specimenBidens bipinnata L.1870J Y Bergen; T L BergenYellow Springs
A photograph of the species Bryhnia graminicolor, not of this specimenBryhnia graminicolor (Brid.) Grout1870J. W. Eckfeldtnear Springfield
A photograph of the species Bryum pseudotriquetrum, not of this specimenBryum pseudotriquetrum var. bimum (Schreb.) Lilj.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Hygroamblystegium tenax, not of this specimenHygroamblystegium tenax subsp. orthocladon (P.Beauv.) Wijk & Margad.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Schwetschkeopsis denticulata, not of this specimenSchwetschkeopsis denticulata (Sull.) Broth.1870J. W. EckfeldtSpringfield
A photograph of the species Amblystegium serpens, not of this specimenAmblystegium serpens var. angustifolium H.Lindb. ex Limpr.1871H. J. BiddlecomeSpringfield

All 1,460 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries nearby

10 within 5 miles

The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyland: 6 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Springfield QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Canal Winchester PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Canal Winchester PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Demmy Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Demmy Sand and Gravel.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Enon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Enon Pit & MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keifer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keifer Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Springfield PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms nearby

3 since 2013

The National Weather Service names Sunnyland in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Thunderstorm WindSunnyland$10,000A tree was knocked down onto a car, causing significant damage to the car.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSunnyland$3,000A few trees were downed on Seminole Avenue.
November 2013Thunderstorm WindSunnyland$1,000A large healthy tree was downed along Parkridge Road in Parkridge Estates due to thunderstorm winds.

Every storm recorded in Clark 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
Melrose (historical)0.4 miles15
Park Ridge Acres1.1 miles15
Southgate1.5 miles15
Limestone City1.5 miles14
Beatty1.6 miles15
Possum Woods1.8 miles15
Karen Woods2.0 miles14
Springfield Station (historical)2.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1049232. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.