BlockSunny Side, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brookshire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77423. It stands on Mulberry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sunny Side quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Sealy quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Sunny Side quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Sunny Side between 2008 and 2020, burning about 67 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN BAN VIOLATION |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - GRASS |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 29 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 26 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - GRASS |
| 23 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 16 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 11 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ IGNOSKIE |
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 Sunny Side: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemons | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Monaville | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pattison | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Brookshire | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cardiff | 11.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Island | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Johnsue | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lewisville | 12.7 miles | 10 |
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 Side | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48836141 | 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 1369403. 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.