Warner Springs, California

Warner Springs
Unincorporated community
St Francis Mission Chapel
Warner Springs Location within the state of California Warner Springs Warner Springs (the United States)
Coordinates: 33°16′56″N 116°38′01″W
Country	United States
State	California
County	San Diego
Elevation	954 m (3,130 ft)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	92086
Area code(s)	442/760
FIPS code	06-83486
GNIS feature ID	251194

Warner Springs is set of springs and a small unincorporated community in northern San Diego County, California. Warner Springs is on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Geography

Warner Springs has a post office and the ZIP code is 92086. It is located near the Palomar Observatory and Warner Springs Ranch. It is located on State Route 79, which connects to the city of Temecula to the north and the communities of Santa Ysabel and Julian to the south.

Climate

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|Jan record high F = 87 |Feb record high F = 87 |Mar record high F = 90 |Apr record high F = 92 |May record high F = 102 |Jun record high F = 107 |Jul record high F = 110 |Aug record high F = 109 |Sep record high F = 106 |Oct record high F = 100 |Nov record high F = 93 |Dec record high F = 85

|Jan high F = 61.5 |Feb high F = 62.8 |Mar high F = 64.4 |Apr high F = 69.0 |May high F = 76.7 |Jun high F = 85.2 |Jul high F = 93.9 |Aug high F = 93.5 |Sep high F = 87.6 |Oct high F = 78.6 |Nov high F = 65.4 |Dec high F = 60.8

|Jan mean F = 45.2 |Feb mean F = 46.3 |Mar mean F = 48.4 |Apr mean F = 51.8 |May mean F = 58.0 |Jun mean F = 65.1 |Jul mean F = 73.3 |Aug mean F = 73.5 |Sep mean F = 67.4 |Oct mean F = 59.4 |Nov mean F = 49.1 |Dec mean F = 45.1

|Jan low F = 28.8 |Feb low F = 29.7 |Mar low F = 32.3 |Apr low F = 34.6 |May low F = 39.2 |Jun low F = 45.0 |Jul low F = 52.6 |Aug low F = 53.4 |Sep low F = 47.0 |Oct low F = 40.2 |Nov low F = 32.8 |Dec low F = 29.3

|Jan record low F = 11 |Feb record low F = 14 |Mar record low F = 17 |Apr record low F = 19 |May record low F = 25 |Jun record low F = 34 |Jul record low F = 31 |Aug record low F = 28 |Sep record low F = 22 |Oct record low F = 12 |Nov record low F = 9 |Dec record low F = 10

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|Jan snow inch = 2.3 |Feb snow inch = 0.9 |Mar snow inch = 1.0 |Apr snow inch = 0.4 |May snow inch = 0.0 |Jun snow inch = 0.0 |Jul snow inch = 0.0 |Aug snow inch = 0.0 |Sep snow inch = 0.0 |Oct snow inch = 0.0 |Nov snow inch = 0.1 |Dec snow inch = 0.5 |year snow inch =

Warner Springs is also a popular area for gliding, due to the topography of the Peninsular Ranges in the area.

History

The Cupeño people were long time indigenous inhabitants of the Warner Springs area. The Cupeño/Cahuilla Agua Caliente rancheria village was located at the hot springs (Spanish: agua caliente) located here.

The hot springs were discovered by Spanish explorers of upper Las Californias province in 1795.

19th century

The Santa Ysabel Asistencia (satellite mission) was founded about 8 miles (13 km) to the south of the Agua Caliente springs in 1818 by Spanish missionaries originating from Mission San Diego de Alcalá.

The St. Francis of Assisi chapel was erected near the settlement around 1830. Its walls use adobe mud bricks, white-washed over and a roof incorporating locally made red tiles. A stone bell tower is placed next to the southern wall of the church.

Warner's Ranch

Main article: Warner's Ranch

Juan Jose Warner received the 26,689-acre (108.01 km²) Rancho San Jose del Valle Mexican land grant in 1844, and renamed the area Warner Springs. Also in 1844, the asistencia's lands on the south became part of the Rancho Santa Ysabel Mexican land grant. In 1851, the Cupeño/Cahuilla "Garra Revolt" raid on Warner's Ranch occurred, a part of the Yuma War against immigrant intrusions.

The Warner's Ranch adobe complex of Juan Jose Warner was a way station for large numbers of emigrants on the Southern Emigrant Trail from 1849 to 1861, as it was a stop on the Southern Emigrant–Gila River Trail. He opened the only trading post that served travelers on the trail between New Mexico Territory and the Pueblo de Los Angeles in Alta California. It later became a stop on the San Antonio-San Diego Mail Line in 1857, and the Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach line (1857–1861).

At the start of the Civil War in 1861, stagecoach service was discontinued and the Union Army established Camp Wright, a cavalry outpost at the ranch to protect the route from Southern California to Fort Yuma, and to intercept secessionist sympathizers attempting to the join the Confederate armies in the American South and in the Arizona Territory.

Former California Governor John Downey purchased the Warner Springs Ranch in 1880, to graze cattle and sheep herds. In 1892, after years of disputes with the Cupeños living at the ranch, Downey sued to evict the Indians. In 1894, after Downey's death, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Cupeños. The eviction order came in 1901 and their exodus two years later became known as the “Cupeno Trail of Tears.”

"Indians washing in hot springs, Agua Caliente, ca.1900"

20th century

William Henshaw purchased the Warner Springs Ranch in 1911, and had Henshaw Dam completed by latter 1922 and its reservoir filled by 1924. In 1978, the reservoir level was lowered 40% due to danger from the Elsinore Fault Zone running beneath the dam. Also in 1978, a visiting author described it as "a pleasant, quiet, leisurely-paced village."

Several Warner Spring sites and buildings were designated California Historical Landmarks (CHL), and/or National Historic Landmarks (NHL), and/or listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in the 20th century.

• Camp Wright (CHL)
• Oak Grove Butterfield Stage Station (CHL), (NHL), (NRHP)
• Warner's Ranch (CHL), (NHL), (NRHP)

See also

• Spanish and Mexican ranchos of San Diego County, California

References

Reference bibliography

• Waring, Gerald Ashley (1915). Springs of California. U.S. Geological Survey Water Supply Paper. Vol. 338. U.S. Government Printing Office. doi:10.3133/wsp338.