BlockSunnyside, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Poth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Marcelinas Hills quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1936 USGS Floresville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marcelinas Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 2005 and 2009, burning about 879 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 burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOSEK FIRE |
| 27 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GEORGE HONS 1164 CR 405 |
| 24 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1922 ROADSIDE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Crossing | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Unity | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Plummer Crossing | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Poth | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Floresville | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kosciusko | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ridout | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Denhawken | 7.5 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380629. 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.