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Gilman Hot Springs, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Hemet-San Jacinto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92583. It stands on Potrero Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Jacinto quadrangle. It stands 1,480 feet above sea level.

Gilman Hot Springs within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Gilman Hot Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Gilman Hot Springs, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

574 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 574 fires within 5 miles of Gilman Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38,033 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 59 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/undetermined288
Equipment and vehicle use104
Arson/incendiarism59
Misuse of fire by a minor49
Debris and open burning30
Smoking29
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Firearms and explosives use2
Other causes1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresRiverside UnitW RAMONA EXPRESSWAY SAN
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSANDERSON AV / GILMAN SPR
8 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitPINE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitS MISTLETOE AV SANJ
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCANYON
6 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitS SAN JACINTO AV /E ESPLA
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitS SAN JACINTO AV SANJ 2
5 September 2011Naturalunder an acreRiverside UnitCASINO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Gilman Hot Springs: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Hubbard LimestoneLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Quandt Borrow PitSilicaPast Producer
Gilman Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Soboba Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Intermac PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Intermac PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
San Jacinto PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Diamond and EagleLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Creek DepositLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Casa Loma2.4 miles36
San Jacinto3.9 miles39
Soboba Hot Springs4.0 miles39
Eden4.6 miles38
Eden Hot Springs5.4 miles38
Hemet6.2 miles42
Beaumont6.5 miles45
Lakeview6.8 miles36

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 Gilman Hot SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5562470The 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 1660675. 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.