San Jacinto, California
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Hemet-San Jacinto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92583. It stands on Bautista Wash. The Survey maps it on the San Jacinto quadrangle. 53,898 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,565 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 95 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 San Jacinto
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
Estudillo Mansionlisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresSan Jacinto grew from 44,199 to 53,898 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 | 44,199 | |
| 2020 | 53,898 | +9,699 (+22%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 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
- 1942 USGS Banning quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Banning quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS San Jacinto quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Banning quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1996 USGS San Jacinto quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
942 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 942 fires within 5 miles of San Jacinto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,079 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 125 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 | 447 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 132 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 125 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Smoking | 56 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Riverside Unit | W RAMONA EXPRESSWAY SAN |
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | JOHNSTON AV HEM |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SANDERSON AV / GILMAN SPR |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | RIVER |
| 8 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | PINE |
| 7 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Riverside Unit | DOVERWOOD PL HEM |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | S MISTLETOE AV SANJ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of San Jacinto: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbard Limestone | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Juaro Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Quandt Borrow Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Wm Shelton Prospect | Uranium, Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Gilman Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Soboba Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Blue Diamond and Eagle | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Hubbard Limestone | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Hubbard Limestone | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Intermac Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Jacinto in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 4 flood, 3 heavy rain, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Wildfire | San Jacinto | 2 hurt, $400,000 | no account filed |
| September 2006 | Flash Flood | San Jacinto | $100,000 | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Flood | San Jacinto | $25,000 | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Jacinto | $15,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Flood | San Jacinto | $5,000 | Heavy downpours caused flooding at the intersection of Highway 79 and Gilman Springs Road and over several residential roads in Hemet. |
| March 2025 | Flash Flood | San Jacinto | - | Delayed report. Swift water rescues. Vehicles in mud, debris and water. 6 persons affected. Mud was half way up the side of one vehicle and drivers were trapped. 3 automated weather stations recorded 0.5 inches in 1 hour. Several mud slides reported. |
| January 2021 | Heavy Rain | San Jacinto | - | Spotter reports 1.34 inches of rain. |
| July 2018 | Heavy Rain | San Jacinto | - | Mesonet station (f2736) reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 1.56 inches. |
| September 2012 | Flood | San Jacinto | - | A spotter reported four inches of water on Mountain Avenue in the city of San Jacinto near Hemet. The Riverside County sheriff closed the roadway. |A mesonet station in the Valle Vista/Hemet area recorded a one-hour rainfall amount of 0.81 inches. |
| July 2005 | Hail | San Jacinto | - | Hail ranging in size from 1/4 to 3/4 inch in diameter was reported in San Jacinto. |
| July 2005 | Heavy Rain | San Jacinto | - | A trained spotter measured 1.50 inches of rain from a thunderstorm in 30 minutes. |
| December 2002 | Flood | San Jacinto | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Jacinto | - | no account filed |
| March 1993 | Hail | San Jacinto | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soboba Hot Springs | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| Hemet | 2.6 miles | 42 | |
| East Hemet | 3.2 miles | 42 | |
| Gilman Hot Springs | 3.9 miles | 39 | |
| Valle Vista | 4.3 miles | 42 | |
| Ramona Bowl | 4.4 miles | 42 | |
| Egan | 4.5 miles | 36 | |
| Lake Crest Estates | 4.9 miles | 42 |
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 San Jacinto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q985265 | 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 1652787. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.














