Sunnyside, Wisconsin
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1980. It stands in Superior town. It lies in ZIP code area 54880. The Survey maps it on the Sunnyside quadrangle. It stands 702 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:48000
- 1915 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1917 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sunnyside quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Superior quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Duluth quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Sunnyside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 378 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 53-2 |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 September 2003 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 September 2003 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | HWY 53 -1 |
| 15 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 11 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.6 acres | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Sunnyside: 7 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Creek Quarry #1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Creek Quarry #2 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| George Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Granum Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Catlin | Copper | Unknown | Copper | |
| Copper Creek | Copper | Unknown | Copper | |
| Copper Creek Pit #2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Creek Pit #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fon Du Lac | Copper | Unknown | Copper, Malachite | |
| Hemmerling Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunnyside in 3 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunnyside | - | A 12 to 13 inch tree was snapped at the base by the storm. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunnyside | - | A report was received of a tree that had been uprooted or snapped. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sunnyside | - | The thunderstorm winds snapped a few 6 inch diameter trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambridge | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Boylston Junction | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Boylston | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| South Range | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Parkland | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Superior Village | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| South Itasca | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| South Superior | 4.9 miles | 16 |
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 Sunnyside | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7640865 | 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 1577845. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







