Sunrise, Wyoming
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Guernsey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 82215. It lies near Sparks Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Guernsey quadrangle. It stands 4,902 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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Sunrise Mine Historic Districtlisted 2005 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1896 USGS Hartville quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Hartville quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Guernsey quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Torrington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Guernsey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise between 1994 and 2020, burning about 17,461 acres in total. 10 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Platte County | N23 |
| 5 August 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 23 August 2001 | Natural | 669 acres | Casper Field Office | BOHNSTEAD |
| 19 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Platte County | ROCK SLIDE FIRE |
| 15 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Wyoming State Forestry | not named |
| 27 July 2006 | Natural | 13,305 acres | Casper Field Office | OLD CHICAGO |
| 24 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | GOSHEN RIM |
| 22 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Casper Field Office | SUNRISE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Sunrise: 9 occurrences, 6 past producers, 6 unknowns, 5 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Mica, Copper, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago Prospect | Strontium | Unknown | ||
| Green Mtn Boy | Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Guernsey Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Haystack No 2 Claim | Feldspar | Occurrence | ||
| Ingleside Quarries | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Pete Kiewit & Sons | Stone | Producer | ||
| Sunrise Mine | Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | 1887, 1901, 1963 | |
| Unknown | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Beryllium | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunrise in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Sunrise | - | Observer along with nearby storm chasers noted supercell thunderstorm producing a wedge-shaped tornado. Terrain and lack of visual evidence of any associated damage leaves rating as unknown with path width being an estimated value as well. |
| May 2018 | Flood | Sunrise | - | Several inches of standing water reported at the intersection of Crescent Basin Road and Whalen Canyon Road. |
| May 2014 | Flood | Sunrise | - | Runoff from three to six inches of rain that fell during the evening of May 21 flooded Highway 320 in both directions between Wheatland and Highway 26. Road damage from washouts resulted in the closure of county roads across east central Platte County. In Guernsey, road closures included Lucinda Rawlins. In Wheatland, road closures included East Johnson to Highway 320, Wendover Road, Cottonwood Road, North Dwyer Road and Badger Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartville | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Guernsey | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Wendover | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Cassa | 14.2 miles | 15 | |
| Dwyer | 14.6 miles | 14 | |
| Meadowdale | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Dwyer Junction | 16.7 miles | 14 | |
| Uva | 17.8 miles | 14 |
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 Sunrise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7641015 | 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 1595212. 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.






