Sunrise, Washington
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Mount Rainier census division. It lies in ZIP code area 98304. It lies near Yakima Park. The Survey maps it on the Sunrise quadrangle. It stands 6,401 feet above sea level.
On record in Sunrise
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 5 records
Mt. Fremont Fire Lookoutlisted 1991
Summerland Trail Shelterlisted 1991
Sunrise Historic Districtlisted 1991- Huckleberry Creek Patrol Cabinlisted 1991
- Sunrise Comfort Stationlisted 1991
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:96000
- 1928 USGS Mt Rainier quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1950 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Yakima quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Sunrise quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Mount Rainier quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise between 1992 and 2018, burning about 349 acres in total. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | MARCUS |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | WHITE |
| 5 August 2003 | Natural | 310 acres | Mount Rainier National Park | REDSTONE3 |
| 3 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mount Rainier National Park | WHITERIVER |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | COLD BASIN |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | GRAND |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | ELK RIDGE |
| 3 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Mount Rainier National Park | SCARFACE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sunrise: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Starbonit | Copper | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snoquera | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Paradise | 10.2 miles | 21 | |
| Nisqually Vista | 10.4 miles | 21 | |
| Longmire | 14.5 miles | 23 | |
| Greenwater | 16.6 miles | 14 | |
| Upper Fairfax | 20.0 miles | 26 | |
| Fairfax | 20.9 miles | 26 | |
| Ashford | 23.3 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q97138924 | 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 1526756. 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.







