Beaumont, California
45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Gorgonio Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92223. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont quadrangle. 53,036 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,612 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresBeaumont grew from 36,877 to 53,036 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 36,877 | |
| 2020 | 53,036 | +16,159 (+44%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 45 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.
- 1901 USGS San Jacinto quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Banning quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Banning quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:24000, 10 printings
- 1956 USGS Banning quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,049 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,049 fires within 5 miles of Beaumont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 59,995 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 124 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/undetermined | 508 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 218 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 124 |
| Smoking | 81 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FREEWAY |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RAMSEY |
| 9 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Riverside Unit | W WILLIAMS ST / MORONGO A |
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 2720 |
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | LOCAL |
| 9 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | SCHOOL |
| 8 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | W OAK VALLEY PY / POTRERO |
| 8 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Beaumont: 8 past producers, 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Geothermal, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Hot Springs Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Paymaster Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Banning Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Eden Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Highland Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Creek Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eden Hot Springs Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Eden Hot Springs Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lamb Canyon Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beaumont in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 3 wildfire, 1 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Flood | Beaumont | 1 killed, 4 hurt, $50,000 | Heavy rain reduced visibility to less than 30 feet and flooded Highway 70 and Interstate 10, causing several vehicles to lose control and spin out. |
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Beaumont | $35,000 | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Hail | Beaumont | - | Public reported quarter-inch hail. |
| September 2003 | Wildfire | Beaumont | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Beaumont | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Wildfire | Beaumont | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Flash Flood | Beaumont | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklin | 2.2 miles | 38 | |
| Cherry Valley | 3.0 miles | 45 | |
| Highland Springs | 3.3 miles | 45 | |
| Hinda | 4.6 miles | 38 | |
| Eden Hot Springs | 4.8 miles | 38 | |
| Banning | 5.4 miles | 45 | |
| Eden | 5.4 miles | 38 | |
| Gilman Hot Springs | 6.5 miles | 39 |
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 Beaumont | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q813431 | 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 1660318. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.














