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Coyote Wells, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the West Imperial census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92259. It stands on South Fork Coyote Wash. The Survey maps it on the Coyote Wells quadrangle. It stands 299 feet above sea level.

Coyote Wells within Imperial County

Then and now

1915 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coyote Wells, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Coyote Wells, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Coyote Wells between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitELEC
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMYER
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOCOTILLO
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCANYON
7 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictYUHA
2 July 1993Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSan Diego UnitFAIR GLEN
20 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitDD HILL
14 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHEWES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Imperial County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Coyote Wells: 15 occurrences, 11 past producers, 5 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Gold. 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
Coyote Mt Gypsum & SulfurGypsum-Anhydrite, SulfurPast Producer
EdwardsCopper, NickelOccurrence
EdwardsCopper, Manganese, NickelOccurrenceVein
Roark MineTungsten, GarnetPast ProducerGarnet, Scheelite
Stuart Graphite ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGemstoneOccurrenceChalcedony
WedgeLimestone, General, GraphitePast ProducerSedimentary
White ChristmasSilica, DiatomitePast ProducerDiatomite
White Christmas DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
O'Callahan DepositClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Imperial County

Storms near this place

1 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coyote Wells in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2007HailCoyote Wells-Large hail was reported along Interstate 8 near Imperial.

Every storm 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
Ocotillo1.4 miles22
Plaster City6.9 miles20
Boulder Park9.0 miles19
Dixieland11.1 miles20
Edgar12.9 miles20
Seeley15.1 miles20
Mount Signal17.9 miles20
Wilsie19.8 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 Coyote WellsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5180095The 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 1656468. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.