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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.

Bonanza within Custer County

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

29 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
6 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestLOWER HARDEN
18 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestRANKIN CREEK
15 September 2001Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestJERRY
9 August 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestFIVE MILE
7 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestCREALEY FIRE
4 August 2016Smokingunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestROOKIE
4 August 2006Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestCUSTER
29 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSalmon-Challis National ForestRAMEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Custer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 87 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Badger MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Bonanza MineGold, Copper, Lead, TungstenPast Producer1922
Continental MineGold, Silver, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer1878
Dubuque MineGold, MercuryPast ProducerPlacer
Enterprise GroupGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Fourth of July MineGold, Silver, Copper, ZincPast ProducerArgentite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Sphalerite
General Custer MineGold, Silver, Antimony, Lead, Copper, ZincPast Producer1876
Golden Sunbeam MineGold, Silver, Copper, REEPast Producer1879, 1903
Gray Eagle MineSilver, Gold, Zinc, Copper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Idaho ProspectArsenic, Antimony, Copper, Silver, GoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Custer 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
Custer2.1 miles15
Sunbeam6.9 miles16
Robinson Bar8.9 miles15
Torreys10.5 miles14
Lower Stanley14.5 miles16
Casto15.1 miles13
Stanley15.4 miles16
Clayton19.0 miles13

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.