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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.

Sandy Korner within Riverside County

Then and now

1904 to 1984

The 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 sheet of Sandy Korner, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Sandy Korner, surveyed 1904

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

915 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined493
Equipment and vehicle use101
Arson/incendiarism82
Misuse of fire by a minor78
Debris and open burning75
Smoking43
Recreation and ceremony33
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitAVE 54 COAC
9 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresRiverside UnitAIRPORT
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside Unit57
7 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL-TREE FIRE
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAVE 47 / TYLER ST
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitMONROE ST / AVE 53

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Vista Santa Rosa2.2 miles30
Thermal2.2 miles30
Coachella2.7 miles30
Valerie5.1 miles28
Sunnyside Estates5.4 miles30
One Hundred Palms5.6 miles28
Martinez5.7 miles28
Indio5.7 miles30

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 Q122565671The 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.