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Hinda, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the San Gorgonio Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92223. The Survey maps it on the El Casco quadrangle.

Hinda within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hinda, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Hinda, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 38 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

893 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 893 fires within 5 miles of Hinda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33,439 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 99 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/undetermined389
Equipment and vehicle use220
Arson/incendiarism99
Smoking64
Misuse of fire by a minor54
Debris and open burning24
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural9
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Firearms and explosives use4

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 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitVALLEY VIEW MHP YUCAIPA_C
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2720
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
9 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSCHOOL
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitW OAK VALLEY PY / POTRERO
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitWEST BOUND
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE
8 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitRUTHERFORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hinda: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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
Eden Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Eden Hot Springs DepositLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Poway PitGraniteProducer
Eden Hot Springs DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Eden Hot Springs DepositLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Eden Hot Springs Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jack Rabbit Canyon QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jackrabbit PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Motte PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinda in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 1 flood, 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
March 2023Flash FloodHinda$10,000Caltrans reported 2 feet of water (photos included) on fast lane of state highway 60 at Jack Rabbit Trail, causing lane closures. Between 400 and 418 pm local.
March 2014FloodHinda-CHP reports Bridge Street at Gillman Springs Road closed due to flooding from heavy rain.

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
Nicklin2.4 miles38
Moreno Knolls3.3 miles38
Calimesa3.5 miles36
El Casco3.7 miles38
Eden Hot Springs4.0 miles38
Cherry Valley4.5 miles45
Beaumont4.6 miles45
Eden5.2 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252904. 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.