Bonanza Mountain Estates, Colorado
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Bald Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 80466. It lies near Hurricane Hill. The Survey maps it on the Tungsten quadrangle. 127 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 8,450 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBonanza Mountain Estates fell from 128 to 127 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 | 128 | |
| 2020 | 127 | -1 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1899 USGS West Denver quadrangle1:125000
- 1906 USGS Blackhawk quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1944 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:31680
- 1953 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Denver quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Tungsten quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Denver West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
297 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Bonanza Mountain Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,197 acres in total. 36 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 | 147 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 80 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | IA 657 |
| 8 September 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | SITE 11 FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Nederland Fire Protection District | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Colorado State Forest Service-State Headquarters | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and Pawnee National Grassland | 925A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 295 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 295 workings within 5 miles of Bonanza Mountain Estates: 187 past producers, 80 occurrences, 21 producers, 4 unknowns. 22 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bird Mine | Copper, Gold, Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Boulder Co. Mine | Silver, Gold, Tungsten, Lead | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Boulder County Tunnel | Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | 1870 | |
| Caribou Mine (based on DMEA uranium report) | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Uranium | Past Producer | 1869 | |
| Champion, Lone Star | Gold, Silver, Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Clark Tunnel | Tungsten, Silver, Gold | Unknown | ||
| Copper Glance | Gold, Copper | Producer | Vein | |
| Copper Glance | Gold, Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| Cougar, Greyback | Molybdenum, Tungsten | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Fairheaven | Emery, Silver | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tungsten (historical) | 0.4 miles | 25 | |
| Whispering Pine | 0.6 miles | 25 | |
| Saint Ann Highlands | 1.5 miles | 25 | |
| Nederland | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Caribou City | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Switzerland Park | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Silver Springs | 3.0 miles | 28 | |
| Ridgewood | 3.1 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 Mountain Estates | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4941161 | 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 197908. 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.









