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Bermuda Dunes, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Coachella Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92203. The Survey maps it on the La Quinta quadrangle. 8,244 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 95 feet above sea level.

Bermuda Dunes within Riverside County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bermuda Dunes, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Bermuda Dunes, surveyed 1904

Population over time

2 figures

Bermuda Dunes grew from 7,282 to 8,244 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.

YearPeople Change
20107,282
20208,244+962 (+13%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

1,138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,138 fires within 5 miles of Bermuda Dunes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,138 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 125 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/undetermined611
Equipment and vehicle use169
Arson/incendiarism125
Misuse of fire by a minor72
Smoking66
Recreation and ceremony40
Debris and open burning32
Natural17
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresRiverside UnitAVENIDA MONTEZUMA LAQ
7 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL-TREE FIRE
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeRANCH
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeLOCAL
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitARAPAHOE CI INDW
5 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreRiverside UnitCALIFORNIA DR PDES
5 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitMARLOWE CT PDES
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeVEHICLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bermuda Dunes: 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Garnet. 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
Sunny Day MineGarnetProspect
Garnett Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Indio Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Massey Indio Hills DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bermuda Dunes in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2013Thunderstorm WindBermuda Dunes$100,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed nine power poles in Bermuda Dunes. Estimated wind gusts 50 to 55 mph.
December 2021FloodBermuda Dunes-Varner road flooding near Interstate 10. 0.5 to 1.0 inch rainfall in northern Coachella Valley.
September 2014Flash FloodBermuda Dunes-CHP reported Country Club Drive at Starlight Lane flooded. Avenue 42 was also completely flooded between Adams and County Club drive and was closed at this location. CHP reported a vehicle flooded out and blocking the Washington Street on-ramp to westbound Interstate 10. CHP also reported flooding of the #1 and #2 lanes of Interstate 10 westbound at Washington and Monterrey streets. Flooding signs were placed at both locations. Water 3 to 4 feet deep submerged 4 to 5 vehicles at the intersection of Washington Street and Country Club Drive. Southbound Indian Canyon Road was also closed at I-10.

Every storm recorded in Riverside 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
Myoma (historical)0.8 miles28
Palm Desert Country1.4 miles29
Indian Wells2.0 miles29
Sunnyside Estates3.6 miles30
Biskra Palms3.8 miles28
Indio4.2 miles30
Macomber Palms4.3 miles28
Palm Desert4.7 miles29

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 Bermuda DunesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2206371The 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 1866998. 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.