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.
Then and now
1904 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresIndio 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 972 | |
| 2020 | 1,048 | +76 (+8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1904 USGS Indio quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1944 USGS Pinyon Well quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Lost Horse Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS West Berdoo Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL VEG |
| 29 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 2755 |
| 27 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 2754 |
| 26 September 2020 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | CAMDEN DR INDO |
| 22 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 2747 |
| 21 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Riverside Unit | SUNNY ROCK RD / 32ND AV |
| 17 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | DILLON |
| 15 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Desert District | BERDOO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decorative Stone Deposit | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Dillon Road Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Dillon Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dillon Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fan Hill Canyon Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Garnett Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Indio Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Massey Indio Hills Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macomber Palms | 2.6 miles | 28 | |
| Pushawalla Palms | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| Biskra Palms | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Hidden Palms | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Willis Palms | 5.2 miles | 28 | |
| Myoma (historical) | 6.0 miles | 28 | |
| Bermuda Dunes | 6.8 miles | 29 | |
| Shadow Ridge Creek | 7.5 miles | 28 |
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 Hills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5915336 | The 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.










