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Obregon, 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 Pasadena Peak. The Survey maps it on the Ogilby quadrangle. It stands 663 feet above sea level.

Obregon 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 Obregon, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Obregon, 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

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Obregon between 2007 and 2009, burning under an acre 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/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
11 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreColorado River DistrictTRASH
28 November 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOLD RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Imperial County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 74 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 74 workings within 5 miles of Obregon: 31 occurrences, 19 past producers, 11 unknowns, 7 producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Mica, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
American GirlGold, Silver, Antimony, Barium-Barite, Mercury, Zinc, Lead, CopperPast Producer1776
American Girl MineCopper, Silver, GoldProducer
American Girl MineGold, Copper, SilverPlant1987
Good Luck and GunsightGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Ogilby Kyanite DepAluminumProducer
Stone Face ProspectGold, CopperUnknown
Western Non-Metallic MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cargo MineGold, SilverPlant1953
Cargo MuchachoTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

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
Ogilby3.9 miles24
Dunes5.2 miles24
Cactus5.7 miles27
Felicity7.5 miles24
Araz Junction8.6 miles28
Clyde10.2 miles23
Winterhaven11.6 miles28
Ross Corner11.8 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 ObregonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14683536The 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 1661133. 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.