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.
Then and now
1904 to 1982The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresOasis 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,890 | |
| 2020 | 4,468 | -2,422 (-35%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 29 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
- 1931 USGS Vallecito quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Vallecito quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Oasis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Rabbit Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | HARRISON ST / AVE 81 |
| 29 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | AVE 78 / FILLMORE ST |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 86 |
| 29 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 28 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Riverside Unit | PIERCE ST / AVE 70 |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Southern California Agency | 70 FIRE |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Transit Cement Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Coolidge Springs | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Coolidge Springs Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caleb (historical) | 6.6 miles | 28 | |
| Martinez | 7.3 miles | 28 | |
| Mecca | 7.4 miles | 28 | |
| One Hundred Palms | 7.7 miles | 28 | |
| Desert Camp | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Valerie | 8.3 miles | 28 | |
| Mortmar | 9.5 miles | 20 | |
| Desert Beach | 9.7 miles | 20 |
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 Oasis | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7074391 | 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 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.















