Desert Hot Springs, California "Desert hot springs"
For springs in deserts, see hot springs.
City of Desert Hot Springs City of Desert Hot Springs is positioned in the US City of Desert Hot Springs - City of Desert Hot Springs Desert Hot Springs, also known as DHS, is a town/city in Riverside County, California, United States.
The town/city is positioned inside the Coachella Valley geographic region, sometimes referred to as the Desert Empire.
According to early homesteader and writer Cabot Yerxa in his journal columns presented in The Desert Sentinel newspaper, the first homesteader in the region of the town/city of Desert Hot Springs was Hilda Maude Gray, who staked her claim in 1908. Cabot Yerxa appeared in 1913 and soon identified the hot water aquifer on Miracle Hill.
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.
Coffee chose the name Desert Hot Springs because of the area's natural hot springs.
Desert Hot Springs became a tourist destination in the 1950s because of its small spa hotels and boutique hotels.
Desert Hot Springs experienced periods of momentous growth in the 1980s and 1990s, when most of the vacant lots were filled with new homes and duplex apartements.
In 1993, a 3-star hotel, Mirage Springs Hotel Resort opened in DHS.
The company reopened as the Miracle Springs Resort and Spa.
Desert Hot Springs High School opened in 1999.
The Desert Star Weekly journal is presented in the city.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 23.6 square miles (61 km2), of which 99.89% is territory and 0.11% is water.
Desert Hot Springs has a desert climate (Koppen climate classification BWh) similar to the rest of the Coachella Valley, with less than six inches of rain per year.
Summers are very hot with days incessantly exceeding 107 F (42 C) in July and August while evening-time lows tend to stay between 78 90 F (26 32 C).
Climate data for Palm Springs Int'l Airport (1981 2010 normals) On one side, the Desert Hot Springs Sub-Basin contains an aquifer with hot water.
Mission Springs Sub-basin, on the other side of the fault, the Miracle Creek sub-basin has cold water.
The 2010 United States Census[note 1] reported that Desert Hot Springs had a populace of 25,938.
The ethnic makeup of Desert Hot Springs was 15,053 (58.0%) White (34.4% Non-Hispanic White), 2,133 (8.2%) African American, 357 (1.4%) Native American, 675 (2.6%) Asian, 84 (0.3%) Pacific Islander, 6,343 (24.5%) from other competitions, and 1,293 (5.0%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 25,820 citizens (99.5% of the population) lived in homeholds, 118 (0.5%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized.
There were 8,650 homeholds, out of which 3,713 (42.9%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 3,468 (40.1%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 1,603 (18.5%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 711 (8.2%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
The ages of the resident populace range from 8,064 citizens (31.1%) under the age of 18, 2,712 citizens (10.5%) aged 18 to 24, 6,893 citizens (26.6%) aged 25 to 44, 5,781 citizens (22.3%) aged 45 to 64, to 2,488 citizens (9.6%) who were 65 years of age or older.
11,533 citizens (44.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 14,287 citizens (55.1%) lived in rental housing units.
According to the 2010 United States Census, Desert Hot Springs had a median homehold income of $32,883, with 28.6% of the populace living below the federal poverty line. In Desert Hot Springs the age of the populace was spread out with 33.3% under the age of 18, 9.7% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 16.5% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
Desert Hot Springs has a reputation as an active adult community, where many retirees choose to live.
About 22.4% of families and 27.5% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 37.1% of those under age 18 and 15.0% of those age 65 or over, one of the highest for metros/cities over 10,000 in southern California. Desert Hot Springs has a diverse population.
According to the Desert Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the city's populace is over 10 percent black or Black.
The town/city has a high proportion of Native Americans, most of whom are members of the Cahuilla tribe in adjacency to the Agua Caliente Cahuilla tribal board in Palm Springs (see also Mission Creek Indian Reservation). In the California State Legislature, Desert Hot Springs is in the 28th Senate District, represented by Republican Jeff Stone, and in the 56th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Eduardo Garcia. In the United States House of Representatives, Desert Hot Springs is in California's 36th congressional district, represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz. The 36th District covers most of the desert communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Indio, Coachella, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, and Cathedral City.
Desert Hot Springs is represented at the County level by Riverside County Supervisor 4th District John Benoit.
Desert Hot Springs is served by Mayor Scott Matas., Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Parks, and Council Members Anayeli Zavala, Joe Mc - Kee and Russell Betts.
Desert Hot Springs outlying areas include non-county areas of Desert Hot Springs and close-by communities of Sky Valley and North Palm Springs.
The town/city of Desert Hot Springs contracts for fire and paramedic services with the Riverside County Fire Department through a cooperative agreement with CAL FIRE. In two separate municipal ballot measures, Desert Hot Springs inhabitants allowed a utility users tax and a enhance safety tax by majorities of over 75 percent.
As of November 2013, the continued existence of a town/city police department is questionable as the town/city faces looming budget deficits and lack of financial reserves.
Desert Hot Springs is home to a number of hot mineral water spas.
One famous spa hotel property in Desert Hot Springs is the Two Bunch Palms Resort.
In 2001 Huell Howser Productions, in association with KCET/Los Angeles, featured the Desert Hot Springs Hotel and Spa in California's Gold. Some were positioned up on the hot water aquifer on Miracle Hill, where Cabot Yerxa, one of the early pioneer lived.
The Desert Hot Springs Motel, designed by architect John Lautner is positioned just outside the town/city limits.
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Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Desert Hot Springs.
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