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Bonita, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91902. It lies near Long Canyon. The Survey maps it on the National City quadrangle. 12,917 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 118 feet above sea level.

Bonita within San Diego County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bonita, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Bonita, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Bonita grew from 12,538 to 12,917 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.

YearPeople Change
201012,538
202012,917+379 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

417 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Bonita between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,720 acres in total. None started naturally. 68 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/undetermined260
Arson/incendiarism68
Debris and open burning27
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking13
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeBONITA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Bonita: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
National Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
San Diego Stone Co.QuarryStoneProducer
Chollas Valley Salt Co.SaltPast Producer
Otay Bentonite DepositBentonitePast ProducerBentonite
San Diego Stone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Standard Oil MineBentonitePast Producer
Sweetwater CreekSaltPast Producer
Weaver DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Birch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
L. E. Morrison Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sunnyside1.3 miles32
Rancho del Rey1.4 miles32
Lynwood Hills1.4 miles32
South Bay Terraces1.8 miles32
Paradise Hills2.0 miles32
Sunny Vista2.2 miles32
Lincoln Acres2.4 miles32
Cockatoo Grove2.6 miles30

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 BonitaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q892613The 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 1660356. 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.