Cabazon, California
40 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 92230. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cabazon quadrangle. 2,629 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,834 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 figuresCabazon grew from 2,535 to 2,629 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 | 2,535 | |
| 2020 | 2,629 | +94 (+4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 40 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
- 1956 USGS Banning quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cabazon quadrangle1:24000, 5 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 Cabazon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
855 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 855 fires within 5 miles of Cabazon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 91,874 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 194 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 | 306 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 194 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 166 |
| Smoking | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Fireworks | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | FREEMAN |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | I 10 E/ MAIN ST 34 |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE 1738 |
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Riverside Unit | ESPERANZA |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | BONITA |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Southern California Agency | SULLIVAN |
| 8 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | I 10 E/ FIELDS RD OFRP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cabazon: 4 past producers, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Portal Rock Stockpile | Magnesite | Plant | 1960, 1976 | |
| Beaumont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cabazon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Matich Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cabazon in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 wildfire. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2010 | Flood | Cabazon | $150,000 | In Mecca, eight homes had to be evacuated due to flooding. Some residents claimed that flooding has been a problem for years. An auto wrecking business in Indio was also flooded. |
| December 2021 | Flood | Cabazon | $2,000 | Caltrans reports flooded roads with some vehicles stuck in water at the intersection of seminole drive and main street in cabazon. |
| January 2023 | Debris Flow | Cabazon | - | CalTrans report of rocks and debris in roadway on Seminole Drive at Main Street in Cabazon. |
| June 2022 | Flash Flood | Cabazon | - | Law enforcement reports roadway flooding, mostly in the #1 lane on the I-10 E near mile marker 18. |
| December 2021 | Heavy Rain | Cabazon | - | Mesonet station UPSC1 upper Snow Creek reports 6.03 inches of rain in the past 24 hours. |
| November 2019 | Flash Flood | Cabazon | - | Highway 243 was washed away from heavy rain and closed from Twin Pines to Banning. |
| November 2014 | Lightning | Cabazon | - | Lightning from the 17th eventually ignited the North Face Fire on the 21st, with the aid of offshore winds. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Cabazon | - | CHP reports roadway flooding on Danbury Street in Cabazon. Flood water, rocks, mud, and debris flowing down the street. The roadway is impassable due to boulders and mud blocking the street. |
| December 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Cabazon | - | A cold front sweeping through Southern California, was accompanied by strong, gusty winds and bursts of moderate to heavy precipitation. As the front moved through the San Gorgonio Pass, a short lived tornado spun up at Cabazon. The twister was noticed by firemen near the corner of Dell and Lemon, and moved northeastward only about 700 feet before dissipating. On it's short path, it lifted a 5 ton mobile home and deposited it 30 feet from it''s foundation with roof and contents removed. Six other mobile homes suffered minor damage. |
| May 2003 | Wildfire | Cabazon | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owl | 1.8 miles | 40 | |
| Mons | 2.1 miles | 40 | |
| Banning | 4.8 miles | 45 | |
| Snow Creek | 5.8 miles | 40 | |
| Pine Wood | 7.6 miles | 40 | |
| White Water | 7.9 miles | 40 | |
| Bonnie Bell | 7.9 miles | 40 | |
| Highland Springs | 9.0 miles | 45 |
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 Cabazon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2805009 | 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 1652679. 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.














