Mundo, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Calipatria-Westmorland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92257. The Survey maps it on the Wister quadrangle. It lies 190 feet below sea level.
Then and now
1940 to 2002The same ground, surveyed 62 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 22 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.
- 1940 USGS Frink quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Frink quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Frink quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Wister quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Wister quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 2002 USGS Frink quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Mundo between 1993 and 2012, burning about 50 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.5 acres | California Desert District | WILKINS |
| 15 May 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | California Desert District | NILAND |
| 20 November 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | NILAND |
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 Mundo: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bromine, Halite, Mineral Pigments, Calcium, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mullet Island Paint Deposit | Mineral Pigments | Occurrence | Ocher | |
| Mullet Island Paint Deposit | Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Mullet Island Salt Works | Bromine, Halite | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| Mullet Island Salt Works | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| River Ranches No. 1 | Boron-Borates, Lithium, Chlorine, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wister | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Niland | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Frink | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Estelle | 7.4 miles | 22 | |
| Bombay Beach | 10.0 miles | 22 | |
| Iris | 10.3 miles | 22 | |
| Pope | 10.3 miles | 22 | |
| Calipatria | 10.6 miles | 22 |
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 Q6935844 | 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 1661078. 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.











