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Sunnyside, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Beaumont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77707. It lies near Jones Gully. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont West quadrangle.

Sunnyside within Jefferson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

24 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 1999 and 2015, burning about 82 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
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
18 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
14 June 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/KIETH
21 May 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDISHMAN/DEBRIS
18 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
25 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMALL HAY FIRE
17 April 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 111
25 March 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/HAY
8 February 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bromine. 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
Beaumont PlantBromineProducer

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
Caldwood Acres0.7 miles15
Caldwood0.7 miles15
Calder Terrace1.4 miles15
West Oakland1.8 miles19
Calder Highlands1.8 miles15
Elizabeth2.2 miles15
Amelia2.3 miles15
Walden2.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1348077. 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.