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Bonanza City, New Mexico

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Santa Fe South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 87508. It lies near Cerro de la Cruz. The Survey maps it on the Turquoise Hill quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bonanza City within Santa Fe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

68 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Bonanza City (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 203 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking9
Debris and open burning7
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry Divisionnot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionM60
6 August 2003Naturalunder an acreNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionCR 45
11 August 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District21-60540190X
8 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBernalillo District21-60180049X
7 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBernalillo District21-60160044X
6 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionOBOY
5 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionPINON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Fe County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Bonanza City (historical): 19 past producers, 9 unknowns, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Lead, Zinc, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Silver, Copper. 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
Cash Entry MineLead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, CopperOccurrence1880, 1915
Central MineZincPast Producer
Evelyn MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1910, 1945
Grand Central MineLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverPast Producer1879, 1885, 1952
La BajadaUranium, Copper, SilverPast Producer
La Bajada MineCopper, Uranium, Silver, Molybdenum, Cobalt, Germanium, Nickel, Thorium, Sulfur, ArsenicPast Producer1915, 1979
La Cienga MineVolcanic MaterialsProducerCinders, Scoria
La MajadaUraniumUnknown
Lone Star MineUranium, Tin, Silver, Molybdenum, CopperPast Producer1915
Pennsylvania MineLead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast Producer1950, 1952

Every working recorded in Santa Fe 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
La Cienega1.7 miles18
Cieneguilla3.9 miles17
Valle Vista4.4 miles17
Waldo (historical)6.3 miles17
La Bajada6.5 miles18
Los Cerrilos6.9 miles17
Cerrillos7.0 miles17
Rosario7.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 902791. 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.