BlockBonanza, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Jonesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30238. It stands on Castor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hampton quadrangle. 4,406 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 876 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresBonanza grew from 2,904 to 4,406 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,904 | |
| 2010 | 3,135 | +231 (+8%) |
| 2020 | 4,406 | +1,271 (+41%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Hampton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1999 USGS Hampton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Bonanza between 1992 and 2019, burning about 358 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-HENRY-001 |
| 2 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HENRY-009 |
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bonanza: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madras Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orrs | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Iron Gate | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Creek | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Hastings | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Irondale | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Chase | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| The Springs | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lovejoy | 2.3 miles | 11 |
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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2842100 | 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 1672384. 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.