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Hidden Palms, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Coachella Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92241. It lies near Pushawalla Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Myoma quadrangle.

Hidden Palms 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 Hidden Palms, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Hidden Palms, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 28 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

485 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 485 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Palms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 57 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/undetermined264
Equipment and vehicle use76
Arson/incendiarism57
Smoking23
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning16
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2004Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeRANCH
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeLOCAL
5 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitMARLOWE CT PDES
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeVEHICLE
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeVEH FIRE
5 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCoachella Valley National Wildlife RefugeLOCAL 16326
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE# 14783
4 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitWASHINGTON ST / VARNER 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hidden Palms: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. 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
Garnett Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Indio Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Massey 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
Pushawalla Palms1.1 miles28
Willis Palms1.6 miles28
Macomber Palms2.9 miles28
Biskra Palms3.3 miles28
Shadow Ridge Creek3.7 miles28
Indio Hills3.8 miles25
Thousand Palms4.7 miles33
Edom4.8 miles33

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 Q122563742The 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 1660745. 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.