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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.

Sunnydale within Thurston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

128 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony19
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
9 September 1996Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
8 September 1997Other causesunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquarters169TH
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersLITTLE SCATTER CREEK
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersMAYTOWN REST STOP
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thurston County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bucoda PitClay, PeatPast Producer
Western QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Apple Avenue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crescent Well PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Crowder PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Delaney PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Grand Mound Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackson's Meadow Tracts PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Thurston 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
Bucoda4.1 miles21
Essex4.4 miles14
Maytown4.4 miles21
Tenino4.5 miles21
Grand Mound5.2 miles14
Chaenn Hill5.6 miles21
Littlerock6.5 miles14
Tono7.0 miles21

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 SunnydaleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q54888591The 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.