BlockInperial Gables, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the East Imperial census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92266. The Survey maps it on the Mount Barrow quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1942 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1942 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1942 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Quartz Peak quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Trigo Mts quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Mt. Barrow quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Quartz Peak quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Inperial Gables between 1993 and 1995, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | OAKANA |
| 17 August 1995 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | San Diego Unit | JULIAN |
| 22 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | NEWTON |
| 7 May 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | California Desert District | HIGHWAY |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Inperial Gables: 9 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 7 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Uranium, Tungsten. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crown Uranium Prospect | Talc-Soapstone, Uranium | Past Producer | Torbernite | |
| Hematite | Gold, Iron | Occurrence | ||
| McKnight Lucky Star Claim | Clay, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Powder Uranium and Minerals | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Silver King | Gold, Lead, Copper | Occurrence | Galena, Gold | |
| Unnamed Building Stone Locality | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Bluntach Mine | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Bluntach Mine | Tungsten | Unknown | ||
| Desert Gold & Alum | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Unknown | ||
| McKnight | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Past Producer | Surface |
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.
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 Q14682462 | 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 1660800. 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.