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Cahuilla Hills, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Cathedral City-Palm Desert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92260. It stands on Ramon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rancho Mirage quadrangle. It stands 932 feet above sea level.

Cahuilla Hills within Riverside County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cahuilla Hills, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Cahuilla Hills, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

340 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 340 fires within 5 miles of Cahuilla Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,566 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined158
Equipment and vehicle use72
Arson/incendiarism31
Smoking26
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Natural17
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2017Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMONTEREY AV / SAGEWOOD DR
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL FIRE
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitONE QUAIL PLACE APT PDES
6 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitSAN PASQUAL AV PDES
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,926 acresRiverside UnitAVENIDA LAS PALMAS RANM
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLEHIGH CT RANM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cahuilla Hills: 4 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Asbestos, Limestone, General. 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
Cameron Marble Co.Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Serpentine HillAsbestosOccurrence
CottonwoodTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Magnesium Canyon Tungsten MineTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Magnesium Canyon Tungsten MineTungstenProspect

Every working 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
Palm Desert3.2 miles29
Rancho Mirage3.5 miles31
Pinyon Crest5.6 miles31
La Quinta5.9 miles29
Indian Wells6.1 miles29
Taylor6.2 miles31
Alpine Village6.4 miles31
Palm Desert Country6.4 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.

Wikidata item Q5017468The 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 1660406. 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.