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North Palm Springs, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Desert Hot Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92258. It lies near Devers Hill. The Survey maps it on the Desert Hot Springs quadrangle. It stands 863 feet above sea level.

North Palm Springs within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Palm Springs, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of North Palm Springs, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

On record in North Palm Springs

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 39 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

793 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 793 fires within 5 miles of North Palm Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,232 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined437
Equipment and vehicle use112
Smoking70
Misuse of fire by a minor68
Arson/incendiarism55
Debris and open burning21
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural4
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined190 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictINDIAN
8 September 2007Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3130
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2003Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitPEREZ
7 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of North Palm Springs: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Geothermal. 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
Desert Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Frances GroupGoldProspect
Massey Indian AvenueSand 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
Garnet1.4 miles39
Dos Palmas Corners2.2 miles39
Desert Hot Springs3.4 miles39
Salvia4.1 miles43
White Water5.1 miles40
Desert Edge5.4 miles22
Bonnie Bell5.6 miles40
Palm Springs6.4 miles43

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 North Palm SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683507The 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 1656584. 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.