Snow Creek, California
40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Palm Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92282. It lies near Snow Canyon. The Survey maps it on the White Water quadrangle.
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:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 40 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
- 1940 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS White Water quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Whitewater quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
- 1996 USGS White Water quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
624 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 624 fires within 5 miles of Snow Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94,569 acres in total. 16 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 | 277 |
| Smoking | 108 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | FREEMAN |
| 9 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | RIDGE |
| 9 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Riverside Unit | ESPERANZA |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | BONITA |
| 8 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE |
| 7 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | CINCOTTA |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 14823 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Snow Creek: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Rainbow Claims | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Silica Sand Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Beaumont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Pacific Co. Deposits | Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Whitewater Rock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Fingal Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Guiberson Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Guiberson Deposit | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Mammoth 7 Limestone Claim | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Water | 3.4 miles | 40 | |
| Mons | 4.0 miles | 40 | |
| Bonnie Bell | 4.6 miles | 40 | |
| Cabazon | 5.8 miles | 40 | |
| Pine Wood | 5.9 miles | 40 | |
| Garnet | 7.4 miles | 39 | |
| Owl | 7.5 miles | 40 | |
| North Palm Springs | 7.8 miles | 39 |
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 Snow Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24191828 | 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 249622. 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.















