Pushawalla Palms, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Coachella Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92241. It lies near Pushawalla Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Myoma quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1904 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 28 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
- 1941 USGS Edom quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Edom quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Myoma quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Thousand Palms quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
401 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 401 fires within 5 miles of Pushawalla Palms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 392 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 47 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 | 218 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| 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 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | RANCH |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | VEHICLE |
| 5 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | VEH FIRE |
| 5 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LOCAL 16326 |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | WASHINGTON ST / VARNER 2 |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | N/A |
| 30 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | WILDCAT DR PDES |
| 30 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL VEG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Pushawalla Palms: 5 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fan Hill Canyon Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Garnett Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Indio Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Massey Indio Hills Deposit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Palms | 1.1 miles | 28 | |
| Macomber Palms | 2.3 miles | 28 | |
| Willis Palms | 2.5 miles | 28 | |
| Indio Hills | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Biskra Palms | 2.8 miles | 28 | |
| Shadow Ridge Creek | 4.8 miles | 28 | |
| Myoma (historical) | 5.0 miles | 28 | |
| Bermuda Dunes | 5.6 miles | 29 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122564478 | 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 1661264. 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.











