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Date City, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Holtville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92250. The Survey maps it on the Holtville East quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Date City within Imperial County

Then and now

1907 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Date City, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Date City, surveyed 1907

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Date City between 1994 and 2020, burning about 130 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Smoking1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
23 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHOT SPRING
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
12 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 1994Debris and open burning4.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictHOTSPRINGS
21 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHOTSPRINGS
25 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitMONTECITO
13 July 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Imperial County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Date City: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
East MesaGeothermalUnknown
Desert Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
East Highline PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highline PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holtville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Holtville Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J B Nelson SouthSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
J.B. Nelson-South PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Tierra PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Imperial County

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Date City in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDate City$1,000,000Multiple down power poles and power lines were reported near I-8 and Bonds Corner Road. This included downed high voltage transmission lines. Multiple motorists and nearby residents were reported to be trapped in the Holtville area due to all the downed power poles and power lines. No injuries were reported. Time estimated from radar.
August 2025Thunderstorm WindDate City$10,000Power poles were reported down across SR-115, blocking both directions of the roadway. No injuries were reported. Time estimated from radar.
September 2017Flash FloodDate City-Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed across the central portion of Imperial County during the afternoon hours and some of the storms produced very heavy rainfall with peak rain rates in excess of 2 inches per hour. The intense rains led to episodes of flash flooding, some of which affected the Imperial Valley and areas around the town of Holtville. According to the California Highway Patrol, at 1358PST, flash flooding occurred about 2 miles southeast of Holtville, to the northeast of Bonds Corner Road. No injuries were reported. A Flash Flood Warning was in effect at the time of the flooding.

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
Holtville3.9 miles22
Rico4.7 miles22
Perrys Corner6.0 miles22
Fuller6.9 miles22
Bonds Corner7.0 miles23
Meloland7.3 miles22
Watermans Corner7.3 miles22
Sandia8.2 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.

Wikidata item Q5227518The 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 1660530. 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.