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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.

Mundo within Imperial County

Then and now

1940 to 2002

The 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 sheet of Mundo, surveyed 2002
Topographic sheet of Mundo, surveyed 1940

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

3 since 1993

Regional 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/incendiarism2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
9 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.5 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictWILKINS
15 May 1993Arson/incendiarism40 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictNILAND
20 November 2002Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictNILAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Imperial County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mullet Island Paint DepositMineral PigmentsOccurrenceOcher
Mullet Island Paint DepositIron, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Mullet Island Salt WorksBromine, HalitePast Producer1919
Mullet Island Salt WorksCalciumPast Producer
River Ranches No. 1Boron-Borates, Lithium, Chlorine, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer

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
Wister3.4 miles22
Niland3.5 miles22
Frink7.4 miles22
Estelle7.4 miles22
Bombay Beach10.0 miles22
Iris10.3 miles22
Pope10.3 miles22
Calipatria10.6 miles22

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 Q6935844The 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.