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Durmid, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Coachella Valley census division. It lies near Bat Caves Buttes. The Survey maps it on the Durmid quadrangle.

Durmid within Riverside County

Then and now

1940 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Durmid, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Durmid, surveyed 1940

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

8 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Durmid between 1992 and 2015, burning about 184 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2

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
28 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
23 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDROP
10 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictRANCHO 2
10 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside Unit2 PALMAS TWO
5 May 1992Natural105 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictRANCHO
18 March 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
15 October 2015Natural77 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictPALMAS
1 January 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2166

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Durmid: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sodium, Bromine, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Miller DepositSodium, BromineOccurrence
Palo Verde GroupGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durmid in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 1 dust devil, 1 flash 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
April 2013Dust DevilDurmid$5,000A powerful spring storm brought windy conditions to much of eastern Riverside county during the day on April 8th. Wind gusts in excess of 40 mph were common, and led to the issuance of a Wind Advisory which ran from 10 am PDT to 8 pm PDT. According to an on-line article posted on the KESQ.COM website, at 205 pm a dust devil struck the Salton City RV Resort in Salton City California. The dust devil combined with the already strong and gusty winds to produce damage at the RV park. Awnings were down, some siding was ripped off and a water pipe was broken. No injuries were reported.
September 2023Flash FloodDurmid-Hwy-111 was closed between the county line and North Shore due to several instances of flooded washes along the highway. No injuries or damages were reported.

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
Ferrum2.4 miles21
Salton4.0 miles20
Rancho Dos Palmas4.7 miles21
Desert Beach7.5 miles20
Mortmar8.3 miles20
Desert Camp10.7 miles20
Caleb (historical)12.1 miles28
Oasis14.3 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 Q122542587The 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 1656491. 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.