Jacumba Hot Springs, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91934. It stands on Boundary Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jacumba OE S quadrangle. 540 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,212 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1931 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresJacumba Hot Springs fell from 561 to 540 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 | 561 | |
| 2020 | 540 | -21 (-4%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1931 USGS Carrizo quadrangle1:125000
- 1939 USGS Jacumba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Jacumba quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacumba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Jacumba Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,172 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | JACUMBA |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | OLD 2 |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | CARRIZO GORGE RD JACU 18 |
| 25 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | JACUMBA 2 |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | TOE |
| 2 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | CARRIZO |
| 18 September 1994 | Fireworks | 10 acres | California Desert District | JOSHUA |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GORGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Jacumba Hot Springs: 13 prospects, 13 past producers, 10 occurrences, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Tungsten, Silica, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atomic Flat Group | Uranium, Thorium | Prospect | ||
| Carrizo Gorge Deposit | Wollastonite | Occurrence | ||
| Circle Group Deposit | Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Jacumba Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Mcguffie Foundation Deposit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Mica Gem Group | Mica, Silica, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Gibson Deposit | Quartz | Producer | ||
| Hubble Weaverdeposit | Stone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titus | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Bankhead Springs | 3.6 miles | 20 | |
| Boulevard | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Calexico Lodge | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Manzanita | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Tierra del Sol | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Mortero Palms | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Live Oak Springs | 9.2 miles | 19 |
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 Jacumba Hot Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1013190 | 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 243981. 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.








