The population density was 1,097.1 people per square mile (423.6/km 2). The 2010 United States Census reported that Desert Hot Springs had a population of 25,938. Demographics Historical populationįrom having 20 residents in 1941, Desert Hot Springs had 28,000 residents in 2014. This aquifer provides fresh water to the city and has received awards for exceptional taste. Mission Springs Sub- basin, on the other side of the fault, the Miracle Creek sub-basin has cold water. This aquifer supports the area's spas and resorts. On one side, the Desert Hot Springs Sub-Basin contains an aquifer with hot water. The Mission Creek Fault, a branch of the San Andreas, separates two aquifers. Climate data for Palm Springs Int'l Airport (1981–2010 normals) Heat waves during the summer months involving temperatures higher than 110 ☏ (43 ☌) are not unusual. The winters are mild with days typically seeing temperatures between 68–82 ☏ (20–28 ☌) and corresponding night-time lows between 50–65 ☏ (10–18 ☌).
Summers are very hot with days frequently exceeding 107 ☏ (42 ☌) in July and August while night-time lows tend to stay between 78–90 ☏ (26–32 ☌). Climateĭesert Hot Springs has a desert climate ( Köppen climate classification BWh) similar to the rest of the Coachella Valley, with less than six inches of precipitation per year. GeographyĪccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 23.6 square miles (61 km 2), of which 99.89% is land and 0.11% is water. The Desert Star Weekly newspaper is published in the city. The business reopened as the Miracle Springs Resort and Spa.ĭesert Hot Springs High School opened in 1999.ĭesert Local News, is an online news source. Despite good reviews and providing much needed financial revenue to DHS, Mirage Springs closed its doors in 1998. In 1993, a 3-star hotel, Mirage Springs Hotel Resort opened in DHS.
The city's population doubled in the 1980s and increased by 5,000 in the 2000 census. Some homes were bought by retirees and the area incorporated as a city in 1963, with 1,000 residents.ĭesert Hot Springs experienced periods of significant growth in the 1980s and 1990s, when most of the vacant lots were filled with new houses and duplex apartments. Realtors arrived to speculate, and thousands of lots and streets were laid out over a six square mile area. Cabot's Trading Post & Gallery opened there in February 2008.ĭesert Hot Springs became a tourist destination in the 1950s because of its small spa hotels and boutique hotels. His large Pueblo Revival Style architecture structure, hand built over 20 years, is now one of the oldest adobe-style buildings in Riverside County, and houses Cabot's Pueblo Museum, designated a state historical site after his death in 1965. Due to the Mission Creek Branch of the San Andreas Fault bisecting the area, one side is a cold water aquifer, the other has a hot water aquifer. Cabot Yerxa arrived in 1913 and soon discovered the hot water aquifer on Miracle Hill. According to early homesteader and writer Cabot Yerxa in his newspaper columns published in The Desert Sentinel newspaper, the first homesteader in the area of the city of Desert Hot Springs was Hilda Maude Gray, who staked her claim in 1908.
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