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.
Then and now
1901 to 1984The 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.


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
Martinez Canyon Rockhouselisted 1999
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 39 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.
- 1901 USGS San Jacinto quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Desert Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Palm Springs 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
Fires near this place
793 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 437 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 112 |
| Smoking | 70 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | LOCAL |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 190 acres | California Desert District | INDIAN |
| 8 September 2007 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 3130 |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | California Desert District | LOCAL |
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | PEREZ |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Frances Group | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Massey Indian Avenue | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garnet | 1.4 miles | 39 | |
| Dos Palmas Corners | 2.2 miles | 39 | |
| Desert Hot Springs | 3.4 miles | 39 | |
| Salvia | 4.1 miles | 43 | |
| White Water | 5.1 miles | 40 | |
| Desert Edge | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Bonnie Bell | 5.6 miles | 40 | |
| Palm Springs | 6.4 miles | 43 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14683507 | 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 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.













