San Jacinto, California
City in California, United States
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San Jacinto (/ˌsæn həˈsɪntoʊ, - dʒəˈ-, - jəˈ-/ SAN hə-SIN-toh, - jə-, - yə- ; Spanish: [saŋ xaˈsinto];[6] Spanish for 'St. Hyacinth') is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. It is at the north end of the San Jacinto Valley, with Hemet to its south and Beaumont to its north. The mountains associated with the valley are the San Jacinto Mountains. The population was 53,898 at the 2020 census. The city was founded in 1870 and incorporated on April 20, 1888,[1] making it one of the oldest cities in Riverside County.
San Jacinto, California | |
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San Jacinto neighborhood with San Jacinto Mountains in the background | |
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  San Jacinto Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 33°47′14″N 116°58′0″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Riverside |
| Native American Reservation (partial) | Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians |
| Incorporated | April 20, 1888[1] |
| Named after | St. Hyacinth of Caesarea |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council-Manager |
| • Mayor | Valerie Vandever |
| • Mayor Pro Tem | Alonso Ledezma |
| • City Council | Phil Ayala Crystal Ruiz Clarisa Sanchez |
| • City manager | Robert Johnson[2] |
| Area | |
• Total | 26.12 sq mi (67.66 km2) |
| • Land | 25.96 sq mi (67.23 km2) |
| • Water | 0.17 sq mi (0.43 km2) 0.63% |
| Elevation | 1,565 ft (477 m) |
| Population | |
• Total | 53,898 |
| • Density | 2,076/sq mi (801.7/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 92581-92583 |
| Area code | 951 |
| FIPS code | 06-67112 |
| GNIS feature IDs | 1652787, 2411788 |
| Website | www |
The city is home to Mt. San Jacinto College, a community college founded in 1965.[7] San Jacinto will also be home to the eastern end of the Mid County Parkway, a planned route that would eventually connect it to the city of Perris. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, the city became a home to many dairies, and a center for agriculture.
San Jacinto also is home to the Soboba Casino, a casino owned and operated by the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians. The Sobobas are sovereign and self-sufficient in community affairs.
History
The Luiseño were the original inhabitants of what later would be called the San Jacinto Valley, having many villages with residents.[8][9]
The Anza Trail, one of the first European overland routes to California, named after Juan Bautista de Anza,4 crossed the valley in the 1770s. Mission padres named the valley, San Jacinto, which is Spanish for Saint Hyacinth, and around 1820 they established an outpost there.[10][9]
In 1883, the San Jacinto Land Association laid out the modern city of San Jacinto at Five Points. The railroad arrived in 1888 and the city government was incorporated that same year.[9]
The local economy was built on agriculture for many years and the city also received a boost from the many tourists who visited the nearby hot springs. The city, and its residents, helped to start the Ramona Pageant ( California's official State Outdoor Play), in 1923, and have supported the historic production ever since.[11]
On July 15, 1937, San Jacinto was the end point for the longest uninterrupted airplane flight to that date when Mikhail Gromov's crew of three made the historic 6,262-mile (10,078 km) polar flight from Moscow, USSR, in a Tupolev ANT-25. This flight followed another similar historic flight over the pole when Valery Chkalov's crew of three ended up in Vancouver's Pearson Airfield earlier that same year. With these two flights, the USSR earned two major milestones in the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) flight records. In the early 1950s the fraternal group E Clampus Vitus and the Riverside County Department of Transportation commemorated the Gromov flight by erecting a stone marker on Cottonwood Avenue, just west of Sanderson Avenue in west-central San Jacinto. The landing site is also marked by California State Historical Landmark Number 989.[12]
Geography
San Jacinto is located at 33°47′14″N 116°58′0″W (33.787119, −116.966672).[13]
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 26.1 square miles (67.7 km2), of which 25.9 square miles (67.2 km2) is land and 0.17 square miles (0.43 km2), or 0.63%, is water.[3] The San Jacinto reservoir is an artificial lake used as a basin for the San Diego Aqueduct, a branch of the Colorado River Aqueduct, west of town.
Since local geological records have been kept, the city has been struck by two large earthquakes, one on Christmas Day in 1899, and the other on April 21, 1918.
Climate
San Jacinto has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen: Csa) hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.
| Climate data for San Jacinto, California, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1978–present | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 91 (33) |
91 (33) |
99 (37) |
103 (39) |
110 (43) |
114 (46) |
115 (46) |
115 (46) |
116 (47) |
108 (42) |
96 (36) |
90 (32) |
116 (47) |
| Mean maximum °F (°C) | 81.1 (27.3) |
82.1 (27.8) |
87.3 (30.7) |
93.5 (34.2) |
98.4 (36.9) |
104.0 (40.0) |
107.2 (41.8) |
108.3 (42.4) |
105.5 (40.8) |
98.4 (36.9) |
89.3 (31.8) |
81.2 (27.3) |
110.2 (43.4) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 65.8 (18.8) |
65.8 (18.8) |
70.2 (21.2) |
74.4 (23.6) |
80.4 (26.9) |
88.7 (31.5) |
95.1 (35.1) |
96.5 (35.8) |
91.8 (33.2) |
82.3 (27.9) |
72.7 (22.6) |
65.0 (18.3) |
79.1 (26.1) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 52.9 (11.6) |
53.7 (12.1) |
57.6 (14.2) |
61.2 (16.2) |
66.8 (19.3) |
73.2 (22.9) |
79.3 (26.3) |
80.4 (26.9) |
76.3 (24.6) |
67.5 (19.7) |
58.5 (14.7) |
52.0 (11.1) |
65.0 (18.3) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 40.1 (4.5) |
41.7 (5.4) |
45.0 (7.2) |
47.9 (8.8) |
53.3 (11.8) |
57.6 (14.2) |
63.6 (17.6) |
64.3 (17.9) |
60.7 (15.9) |
52.7 (11.5) |
44.4 (6.9) |
39.0 (3.9) |
50.9 (10.5) |
| Mean minimum °F (°C) | 29.4 (−1.4) |
32.4 (0.2) |
35.2 (1.8) |
38.0 (3.3) |
43.8 (6.6) |
49.1 (9.5) |
54.2 (12.3) |
54.3 (12.4) |
50.3 (10.2) |
41.9 (5.5) |
33.5 (0.8) |
28.4 (−2.0) |
25.0 (−3.9) |
| Record low °F (°C) | 7 (−14) |
16 (−9) |
17 (−8) |
24 (−4) |
30 (−1) |
31 (−1) |
40 (4) |
37 (3) |
35 (2) |
24 (−4) |
19 (−7) |
17 (−8) |
7 (−14) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 2.66 (68) |
2.76 (70) |
1.69 (43) |
0.79 (20) |
0.47 (12) |
0.07 (1.8) |
0.20 (5.1) |
0.12 (3.0) |
0.26 (6.6) |
0.54 (14) |
0.77 (20) |
1.87 (47) |
12.20 (310) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 0.01 in) | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.3 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 35.2 |
| Source 1: NOAA[14] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2: National Weather Service[15] | |||||||||||||
