Sandy Korner, California
30 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 92274. The Survey maps it on the Indio 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 30 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 Coachella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Coachella quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Coachella quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Indio quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
- 1975 USGS Indio quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
915 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 915 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Korner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,643 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 82 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 | 493 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 101 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 82 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Smoking | 43 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | AVE 54 COAC |
| 9 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Riverside Unit | AIRPORT |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | 57 |
| 7 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL-TREE FIRE |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | AVE 47 / TYLER ST |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | MONROE ST / AVE 53 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Santa Rosa | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Thermal | 2.2 miles | 30 | |
| Coachella | 2.7 miles | 30 | |
| Valerie | 5.1 miles | 28 | |
| Sunnyside Estates | 5.4 miles | 30 | |
| One Hundred Palms | 5.6 miles | 28 | |
| Martinez | 5.7 miles | 28 | |
| Indio | 5.7 miles | 30 |
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 Q122565671 | 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 249016. 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.












