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Indio Hills, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Coachella Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92241. The Survey maps it on the West Berdoo Canyon quadrangle. 1,048 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,017 feet above sea level.

Indio Hills within Riverside County

Then and now

1904 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Indio Hills, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Indio Hills, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Indio Hills grew from 972 to 1,048 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010972
20201,048+76 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Indio Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined72
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism14
Debris and open burning12
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
30 September 1998Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL VEG
29 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2755
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2754
26 September 2020Smoking1.0 acresRiverside UnitCAMDEN DR INDO
22 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2747
21 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside UnitSUNNY ROCK RD / 32ND AV
17 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDILLON
15 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBERDOO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Indio Hills: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, 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
Decorative Stone DepositStone, DimensionOccurrence
Dillon Road PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed MineGoldProspect
Dillon Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dillon Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fan Hill Canyon DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Garnett Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
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
Macomber Palms2.6 miles28
Pushawalla Palms2.7 miles28
Biskra Palms3.1 miles28
Hidden Palms3.8 miles28
Willis Palms5.2 miles28
Myoma (historical)6.0 miles28
Bermuda Dunes6.8 miles29
Shadow Ridge Creek7.5 miles28

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 Indio HillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5915336The 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 251954. 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.