Bonanza, Arkansas
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1987. It stands in Township 3. It lies in ZIP code area 72916. It lies near Bear Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hackett quadrangle. 587 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 548 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBonanza grew from 575 to 587 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 575 | |
| 2020 | 587 | +12 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1887 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1890 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1943 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:125000
- 1946 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Greenwood quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Hackett quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Hackett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Smith quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Hackett quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Bonanza between 1993 and 2020, burning about 804 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Smoking | 15 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2001 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Arkansas Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Bonanza: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibison Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Shale Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Building Stone Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hamilton Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Miller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rock Island Stone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonanza in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 5 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonanza | - | Strong thunderstorm wind blew down a tree onto Bear Hollow Road near Bear Hollow Heights. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Bonanza | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Bonanza | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Bonanza | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bonanza | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Bonanza | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | 1.8 miles | 25 | |
| Jenson | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| White Bluff | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Hackett | 3.5 miles | 23 | |
| Saw Mill | 4.0 miles | 25 | |
| Doubleday (historical) | 4.6 miles | 23 | |
| Crescent | 4.6 miles | 25 | |
| Buell | 5.0 miles | 25 |
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 Bonanza | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2580734 | 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 57406. 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.











