BlockEdgar, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the El Centro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92251. It stands on Bullhead Slough. The Survey maps it on the Seeley quadrangle. It lies 39 feet below 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 20 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 Brawley quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Brawley quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Brawley quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Seeley quadrangle1:24000, 5 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
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Edgar between 1993 and 2018, burning about 148 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | DUNAWAY |
| 23 July 1993 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | DUNAWAY |
| 25 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 24 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Joshua Tree National Monument | IMPERIAL |
| 9 May 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | TREELINE |
| 24 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 December 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | California Desert District | DIXIELAND |
| 18 October 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Desert District | CENTINELA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Edgar: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixieland | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Seeley | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Plaster City | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Wilsie | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| El Centro | 9.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mount Signal | 9.1 miles | 20 | |
| Imperial | 9.6 miles | 21 | |
| Heber | 11.5 miles | 19 |
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 Q5337072 | 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 1660589. 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.