Fondo, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Calipatria-Westmorland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92233. The Survey maps it on the Westmorland East quadrangle. It lies 203 feet below sea level.
Then and now
1944 to 1992The same ground, surveyed 48 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
10 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.
- 1944 USGS Calipatria quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Westmorland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Calipatria quadrangle1:50000
- 1985 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Westmorland East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Fondo between 1999 and 2013, burning about 6 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 | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge | SONNY |
| 8 January 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge | MARSH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fondo: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Potassium, Salt, Strontium, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lithium, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolsa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Salton Sea KGRA | Potassium, Salt, Strontium, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lithium, Iron, Manganese | Plant | 1927 | |
| Sinclair No. 3 | Boron-Borates, Lead, Lithium, Chlorine, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Calif Pumice Deposit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Rock Hill Deposit | Pumice | Occurrence | Pumice |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock (historical) | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Verdant | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Westmorland | 5.1 miles | 20 | |
| Calipatria | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Bernice (historical) | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Rockwood | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Estelle | 7.6 miles | 22 | |
| Hovley | 9.3 miles | 20 |
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 Q5465001 | 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 1660644. 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.









