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Oasis, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Coachella Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92274. The Survey maps it on the Oasis quadrangle. 4,468 people lived here at the 2020 count. It lies 141 feet below sea level.

Oasis within Riverside County

Then and now

1904 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oasis, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Oasis, surveyed 1904

Population over time

2 figures

Oasis fell from 6,890 to 4,468 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
20106,890
20204,468-2,422 (-35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 29 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Oasis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 176 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined43
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use13
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitHARRISON ST / AVE 81
29 September 2020Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitAVE 78 / FILLMORE ST
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection86
29 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL
28 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside UnitPIERCE ST / AVE 70
25 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresSouthern California Agency70 FIRE

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 Oasis: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Valley Transit Cement Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Coolidge SpringsLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceSedimentary
Coolidge Springs DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

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
Caleb (historical)6.6 miles28
Martinez7.3 miles28
Mecca7.4 miles28
One Hundred Palms7.7 miles28
Desert Camp7.7 miles20
Valerie8.3 miles28
Mortmar9.5 miles20
Desert Beach9.7 miles20

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 OasisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7074391The 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 246776. 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.