Shadow Ridge Creek, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Desert Hot Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92276. 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
477 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 477 fires within 5 miles of Shadow Ridge Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 51 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 | 257 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MONTEREY AV / SAGEWOOD DR |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | LOCAL |
| 5 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | VEH FIRE |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LEHIGH CT RANM |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Coachella Valley National Wildlife Refuge | N/A |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | TAVA LN PDES |
| 30 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Riverside Unit | COUNTRY CLUB DR PDES |
| 30 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | WILDCAT DR PDES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Shadow Ridge Creek: 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A-1 Thousand Palms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hicks-Allred Indio Hills Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rio Del Sol Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Southwest Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Thousand Palms Community Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thousand Palms Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Yeager 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edom | 1.2 miles | 33 | |
| Thousand Palms | 1.3 miles | 33 | |
| Willis Palms | 2.4 miles | 28 | |
| Hidden Palms | 3.7 miles | 28 | |
| Rimlon | 4.3 miles | 26 | |
| Caliente Sands | 4.7 miles | 33 | |
| Pushawalla Palms | 4.8 miles | 28 | |
| Royal Palms | 5.0 miles | 33 |
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 Q122539203 | 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 1849281. 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.











