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Sunnyslope, Washington

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Wenatchee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98801. It lies near Birch Flat. The Survey maps it on the Wenatchee quadrangle. 4,041 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 817 feet above sea level.

Sunnyslope within Chelan County

On record in Sunnyslope

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Sunnyslope grew from 3,252 to 4,041 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,252
20204,041+789 (+24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyslope between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,749 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural7
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Firearms and explosives use1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Smoking1
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 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined54 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHORSE LAKE ROAD
8 September 2019Naturalunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersBURCH MEADOW
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named
4 September 2016Smoking20 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersHORSE LAKE
4 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresOkanogan-Wenatchee National ForestNUMBER TWO CANYON
18 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSpokane DistrictEAST VIEW
4 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreWashington State Department of Natural Resources HeadquartersWARMSPRINGS
26 August 2003Fireworks1.5 acresWashington State Department of Natural Resources Headquartersnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chelan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyslope: 23 past producers, 9 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Silver, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
(Facility) Wenatchee Aluminum SmelterAluminum, Contained or MetalPlant
Mac Dougal CanyonPumicePast Producer
MonitorTinOccurrence
Riverview ProspectCopperOccurrence
Squaw Saddle No. 1Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
StarnoseLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Mcdonald Mine Clay DepositAluminumPast Producer
Sampson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Shotwell RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Simon-CumboSilver, GoldProspectAcanthite, Electrum, Gold, Pyrargyrite

Every working recorded in Chelan 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
Olds0.8 miles16
West Wenatchee2.2 miles16
Wenatchee3.7 miles16
Monitor4.4 miles14
Appleyard5.5 miles16
Cashmere7.8 miles13
Wenatchee Heights8.2 miles15
Malaga10.0 miles13

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 SunnyslopeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1092968The 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 1526754. 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.