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Rancho Dos Palmas, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Coachella Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Durmid quadrangle.

Rancho Dos Palmas within Riverside County

Then and now

1940 to 2002

The same ground, surveyed 62 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rancho Dos Palmas, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Rancho Dos Palmas, surveyed 1940

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Dos Palmas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 953 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
12 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictPARKSIDE
8 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictDOSPALMAS
9 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLEEWARD FIRE
23 June 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDROP
22 June 1992Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresJoshua Tree National MonumentBASS
12 June 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2509
10 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictRANCHO 2
10 June 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside Unit2 PALMAS TWO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Dos Palmas: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sodium, Bromine, Gold, Talc-Soapstone. 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
Goat ClaimsTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Miller DepositSodium, BromineOccurrence
Palo Verde GroupGoldOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectClayProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand 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
Ferrum3.2 miles21
Salton3.3 miles20
Durmid4.7 miles21
Desert Beach5.2 miles20
Mortmar5.8 miles20
Desert Camp8.4 miles20
Caleb (historical)10.1 miles28
Chiriaco Summit12.6 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.

Wikidata item Q122550465The 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 1656603. 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.