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Bonanza, Colorado

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Saguache census division. It lies in ZIP code area 81155. It lies near Copper Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Bonanza quadrangle. 17 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 9,478 feet above sea level.

Bonanza within Saguache County

Population over time

2 figures

Bonanza grew from 16 to 17 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
201016
202017+1 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bonanza between 1992 and 2018, burning about 4 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
3 August 2008Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestELKHORN
24 July 2018Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestKP
16 July 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSaguache Countynot named
6 June 2013Natural2.0 acresRio Grande National ForestSQUIRREL
29 June 2012Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestELK HORN PEAK
25 June 2006Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestKELLY
19 May 2006Naturalunder an acreRio Grande National ForestSLAUGHTER
14 October 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresRio Grande National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Saguache County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 190 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 190 workings within 5 miles of Bonanza: 150 past producers, 36 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Zinc, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Antoro MineLead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, GoldPast Producer1882, 1959
Atlantic MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Baltimore MineSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer1926
Black Bess MineZinc, Lead, SilverPast ProducerGalena, Sphalerite
BonanzaSilver, Zinc, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Bonanza - Kerber Creek DistrictLead, Gold, Copper, Silver, Manganese, Zinc, Titanium, Bismuth, Antimony, TelluriumOccurrence1879, 1880, 1969
Bonanza MillSilver, Copper, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Burlington MineLead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Chloride MineLead, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Chloride MineLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast Producer

Every working recorded in Saguache 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
Kerper City0.8 miles17
Sedgewick (historical)1.1 miles17
Parkville5.2 miles12
Spook City5.3 miles12
Bonita5.8 miles12
Alder7.5 miles16
Chester10.1 miles12
Villa Grove10.7 miles13

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 BonanzaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2276151The 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 189929. 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.