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Dos Palmas Corners, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Desert Hot Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92240. The Survey maps it on the Desert Hot Springs quadrangle.

Dos Palmas Corners within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dos Palmas Corners, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Dos Palmas Corners, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 39 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

639 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 639 fires within 5 miles of Dos Palmas Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 425 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 63 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/undetermined340
Equipment and vehicle use86
Misuse of fire by a minor71
Arson/incendiarism63
Smoking46
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural4
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
9 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLONG
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
8 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3130
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitPEREZ
6 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside UnitRIDGE CREST WY DHSP
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitIRONWOOD DR / MESQUITE AV

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dos Palmas Corners: 4 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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
Blind Canyon DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Desert Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Indian Copper MineCopperProspect
Frances GroupGoldProspect
Hager-Kale ClaimGoldUnknown
Desert Hot Springs Ready MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Flat Top Mtn. DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Massey Indian AvenueSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
North Palm Springs2.2 miles39
Desert Hot Springs2.5 miles39
Garnet2.8 miles39
Desert Edge3.2 miles22
Salvia3.6 miles43
Rimlon6.8 miles26
Palm Springs6.9 miles43
White Water7.2 miles40

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 Q122596695The 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 1656488. 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.