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Edom, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cathedral City-Palm Desert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92211. The Survey maps it on the Cathedral City quadrangle.

Edom 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 Edom, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Edom, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 33 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

439 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 439 fires within 5 miles of Edom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,891 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined237
Equipment and vehicle use59
Arson/incendiarism48
Smoking27
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning11
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeLOCAL
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeVEH FIRE
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
4 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeN/A
30 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitTAVA LN PDES
30 September 2020Arson/incendiarism100 acresRiverside UnitCOUNTRY CLUB DR PDES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Edom: 8 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
A-1 Thousand Palms PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hicks-Allred Indio Hills DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rio Del Sol PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Southwest PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Thousand Palms Community PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thousand Palms DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yeager Indio Hills DepositSand 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
Thousand Palms0.9 miles33
Shadow Ridge Creek1.2 miles28
Rimlon3.5 miles26
Willis Palms3.6 miles28
Caliente Sands3.6 miles33
Royal Palms3.8 miles33
Suntown4.3 miles33
Cathedral City4.4 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656497. 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.