About Sunflower

The Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant is a Government-owned, contractor-operated military installation. The installation began operations in 1942. The primary operational mission of the installation was to manufacture smokeless powder and single-, double-, and triple-base propellants. Additional facility operations included manufacture/regeneration of nitric and sulfuric acids and munitions proving. Since 1971, the majority of the installation has been in a standby, inactive status. As of 1989, the nitroguanidine production area was in operation. The majority of the industrial infrastructure remains at the site. The 9,065-acre site is located in a sparsely populated rural area. Land use in the vicinity is primarily agricultural. The site is situated on a broad ridge, with most of the installation lying between two perennial streams-Captain Creek on the west and Kill Creek on the east.
 

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