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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.

Soboba Hot Springs within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Soboba Hot Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Soboba Hot Springs, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 39 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

810 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined383
Arson/incendiarism106
Equipment and vehicle use104
Misuse of fire by a minor83
Debris and open burning55
Smoking48
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Other causes4
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside Unitnot named
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresRiverside UnitW RAMONA EXPRESSWAY SAN
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitJOHNSTON AV HEM
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestRIVER
8 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitPINE
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside UnitDOVERWOOD PL HEM
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitS MISTLETOE AV SANJ
7 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.7 acresRiverside UnitSTATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hubbard LimestoneLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Juaro Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Quandt Borrow PitSilicaPast Producer
Unnamed Corundum ProspectCorundum, GemstoneOccurrence
Wm Shelton ProspectUranium, GemstoneOccurrence
Blue Boy & Black Mountain GroupsTungstenPast Producer
Blue Boy and Black Mountain GroupTungstenOccurrenceVein
Gilman Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Soboba Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Blue Diamond and EagleLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working 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
San Jacinto1.9 miles39
Gilman Hot Springs4.0 miles39
Valle Vista4.1 miles42
East Hemet4.2 miles42
Hemet4.3 miles42
Lake Crest Estates5.5 miles42
Ramona Bowl5.6 miles42
Casa Loma5.8 miles36

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 SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122546338The 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.