Bonita, Arizona
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Bonita-Klondyke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 85643. It stands on Goudy Canyon Wash. The Survey maps it on the Fort Grant quadrangle. It stands 4,544 feet above sea level.
On record in Bonita
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 3 records
Sierra Bonita RanchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Bonita Storelisted 1998- West Peak Lookout Towerlisted 1988
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1942 USGS Mt. Graham quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Mt. Graham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Silver City quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Fort Grant quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Safford quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Fort Grant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Bonita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,535 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 8 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 | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | MOTHERS |
| 5 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Gila District Office | BONITA |
| 31 August 1995 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 3 August 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 340 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 80 acres | Coronado National Forest | BUCKET |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - State Office | not named |
| 29 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire Management - Southeast District | JESUS |
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 Bonita: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Beryllium, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twilight and Grey Claims | Beryllium, Mica | Occurrence | Beryl, Mica | |
| Adits and Shaft | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Name Unknown | Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Claypit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Claypit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Pits | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonita in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | $6,000 | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | $3,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed several power poles near the Bonita school. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bonita | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts snapped one power pole in half which then caused seven others to topple down 17 miles north of the Town of Willcox. |
| August 1998 | Flash Flood | Bonita | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey Flat | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Old Columbine | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Sunset | 13.4 miles | 19 | |
| Artesia | 15.8 miles | 11 | |
| Swift Trail Junction | 16.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lebanon | 17.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cactus Flat | 17.8 miles | 14 | |
| Thatcher | 21.1 miles | 13 |
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 Bonita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16844357 | 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 24330. 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.







