Bonanza, Idaho
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Stanley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 83278. It lies near Rookie Point. The Survey maps it on the Sunbeam quadrangle.
On record in Bonanza
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Yankee Fork Gold Dredgelisted 2021 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1919 USGS Custer quadrangle1:125000
- 1922 USGS Custer quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sunbeam quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS White Cloud Peaks quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Challis quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Bonanza between 1992 and 2019, burning about 6,714 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | LOWER HARDEN |
| 18 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | RANKIN CREEK |
| 15 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | JERRY |
| 9 August 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | FIVE MILE |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | CREALEY FIRE |
| 4 August 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | ROOKIE |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | CUSTER |
| 29 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Salmon-Challis National Forest | RAMEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 87 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 87 workings within 5 miles of Bonanza: 45 prospects, 30 past producers, 8 occurrences, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Silver, Gold, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Badger Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bonanza Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Tungsten | Past Producer | 1922 | |
| Continental Mine | Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | 1878 | |
| Dubuque Mine | Gold, Mercury | Past Producer | Placer | |
| Enterprise Group | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Fourth of July Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | Argentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite | |
| General Custer Mine | Gold, Silver, Antimony, Lead, Copper, Zinc | Past Producer | 1876 | |
| Golden Sunbeam Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, REE | Past Producer | 1879, 1903 | |
| Gray Eagle Mine | Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Idaho Prospect | Arsenic, Antimony, Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | Vein |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sunbeam | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Robinson Bar | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Torreys | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lower Stanley | 14.5 miles | 16 | |
| Casto | 15.1 miles | 13 | |
| Stanley | 15.4 miles | 16 | |
| Clayton | 19.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 397462. 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.







