BlockBonita, Colorado
12 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 Sheep Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Klondike Mine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Klondike Mine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1968 USGS Montrose quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Saguache quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Klondike Mine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Bonita between 1994 and 2015, burning about 32 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | not named |
| 3 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | WILLIAMS |
| 24 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Rio Grande National Forest | SAWLOG |
| 21 July 1994 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Rio Grande National Forest | not named |
| 31 May 2002 | Natural | 5.2 acres | Rio Grande National Forest | HORSE CANYON |
| 22 May 2002 | Natural | 14 acres | Rio Grande National Forest | FINDLEY GULCH |
| 7 April 2015 | Debris and open burning | 9.4 acres | San Luis Valley Field Office | SPRING GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Bonita: 15 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Gold, Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza Mill | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Commander Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Manganese | Past Producer | 1939 | |
| Euclid Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Klondike Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc, Bismuth | Past Producer | 1930 | |
| Little Thelma Mine | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Twins Mine | Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Galena, Sphalerite | |
| Unknown | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospects | Gold, Silver, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Lead, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spook City | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sedgewick (historical) | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kerper City | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Bonanza | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Parkville | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saguache | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Chester | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Alder | 13.2 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 190096. 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.