Soboba Hot Springs, 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 lies near Juaro Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Jacinto 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
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
810 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 810 fires within 5 miles of Soboba Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36,403 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 106 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 | 383 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 106 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 104 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 83 |
| Debris and open burning | 55 |
| Smoking | 48 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 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 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 |
| 7 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.7 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Soboba Hot Springs: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Geothermal. 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 | ||
| Unnamed Corundum Prospect | Corundum, Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Wm Shelton Prospect | Uranium, Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Boy & Black Mountain Groups | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Boy and Black Mountain Group | Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gilman Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Soboba Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Blue Diamond and Eagle | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| Gilman Hot Springs | 4.0 miles | 39 | |
| Valle Vista | 4.1 miles | 42 | |
| East Hemet | 4.2 miles | 42 | |
| Hemet | 4.3 miles | 42 | |
| Lake Crest Estates | 5.5 miles | 42 | |
| Ramona Bowl | 5.6 miles | 42 | |
| Casa Loma | 5.8 miles | 36 |
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 Soboba Hot Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122546338 | 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 1661460. 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.














