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Boulder Park, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the West Imperial census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92259. The Survey maps it on the In-Ko-Pah Gorge quadrangle. It stands 2,923 feet above sea level.

Boulder Park within Imperial County

Then and now

1931 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Boulder Park, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Boulder Park, surveyed 1931

On record in Boulder Park

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

98 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Boulder Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined47
Equipment and vehicle use21
Recreation and ceremony10
Firearms and explosives use7
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSan Diego UnitJACUMBA 2
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBORDER 8
26 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitBRAKE #2
26 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitBRAKE #1
20 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitTOE
2 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCARRIZO
2 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBORDER 92
18 September 1994Fireworks10 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictJOSHUA

Every fire recorded in Imperial County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 49 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 49 workings within 5 miles of Boulder Park: 15 occurrences, 15 past producers, 12 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Feldspar, Gold, Manganese. 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
Atomic Flat GroupUranium, ThoriumProspect
Chain ProspectTungsten, Marble, DimensionOccurrenceMarble
Circle Group DepositVermiculitePast Producer
Dos Cabezas MineGemstoneProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Jumbo ClayClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Mcguffie Foundation DepositPumicePast Producer
Mica Gem GroupMica, Silica, TungstenPast Producer
Pk MineTungsten, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Southern Star ClaimZinc, Lead, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in Imperial 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
Ocotillo7.9 miles22
Coyote Wells9.0 miles22
Plaster City15.8 miles20
Dixieland19.7 miles20
Edgar21.4 miles20
Seeley23.6 miles20
Mount Signal24.5 miles20
Wilsie28.1 miles21

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 Boulder ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4949585The 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 239603. 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.