Sunnydale, Washington
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Thurston South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98589. It lies near Violet Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Violet Prairie quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 20 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.
- 1916 USGS Chehalis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1940 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Tenino SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Hoquiam quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tenino quadrangle1:50000
- 1980 USGS Centralia quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Violet Prairie quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Sunnydale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 677 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 9 September 1996 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Other causes | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | 169TH |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | LITTLE SCATTER CREEK |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | MAYTOWN REST STOP |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Washington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Sunnydale: 19 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Peat, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucoda Pit | Clay, Peat | Past Producer | ||
| Western Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Apple Avenue Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crescent Well Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Crowder Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Delaney Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Grand Mound Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson's Meadow Tracts Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bucoda | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Essex | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Maytown | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Tenino | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Grand Mound | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Chaenn Hill | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Littlerock | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Tono | 7.0 miles | 21 |
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 Sunnydale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q54888591 | 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 1508824. 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.












