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.
Then and now
1915 to 1989The 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 sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:125000
- 1940 USGS Coyote Wells quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Coyote Wells quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Coyote Wells quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1957 USGS Coyote Wells quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | ELEC |
| 2 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | MYER |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | OCOTILLO |
| 16 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | CANYON |
| 7 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | YUHA |
| 2 July 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | FAIR GLEN |
| 20 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | DD HILL |
| 14 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | HEWES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Mt Gypsum & Sulfur | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sulfur | Past Producer | ||
| Edwards | Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Edwards | Copper, Manganese, Nickel | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Roark Mine | Tungsten, Garnet | Past Producer | Garnet, Scheelite | |
| Stuart Graphite Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gemstone | Occurrence | Chalcedony | |
| Wedge | Limestone, General, Graphite | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| White Christmas | Silica, Diatomite | Past Producer | Diatomite | |
| White Christmas Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| O'Callahan Deposit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2007 | Hail | Coyote Wells | - | Large hail was reported along Interstate 8 near Imperial. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocotillo | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Plaster City | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Boulder Park | 9.0 miles | 19 | |
| Dixieland | 11.1 miles | 20 | |
| Edgar | 12.9 miles | 20 | |
| Seeley | 15.1 miles | 20 | |
| Mount Signal | 17.9 miles | 20 | |
| Wilsie | 19.8 miles | 21 |
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 Wells | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5180095 | The 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.











