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Felicity, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the East Imperial census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92283. It lies near Avi Kwalal. The Survey maps it on the Hedges quadrangle. It stands 285 feet above sea level.

Felicity within Imperial County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Felicity, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Felicity, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 24 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Felicity between 1992 and 2020, burning about 664 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined61
Debris and open burning12
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Other causes1

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 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Yuma AgencyANDRADE
5 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyYUMA
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyI-8 & 4TH
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreColorado River District4ONEHALF E
3 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFort Yuma AgencyLAGUNA DM
29 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Yuma AgencyHAUGHTLIN2
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFort Yuma AgencyYUMA MAIN
27 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFort Yuma AgencyBORDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Imperial County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Felicity: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

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
Araz Junction2.7 miles28
Dunes2.8 miles24
Ogilby6.0 miles24
Winterhaven7.0 miles28
Obregon7.5 miles24
Ross Corner9.5 miles28
Cactus10.4 miles27
Bard11.4 miles28

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 FelicityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5441775The 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 2025252. 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.