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Verdant, 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 197 feet below sea level.

Verdant within Imperial County

Then and now

1944 to 1992

The 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 sheet of Verdant, surveyed 1992
Topographic sheet of Verdant, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Verdant between 1997 and 2001, burning about 25 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/undetermined2

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
30 April 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife RefugeBARRISTER
30 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife RefugeSPOT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Imperial County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Verdant: 1 plant, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Potassium, Salt, Strontium, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lithium, Iron, Manganese, Boron-Borates, Lead, Lithium, Chlorine, Copper, Silver, Zinc. 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
Salton Sea KGRAPotassium, Salt, Strontium, Zinc, Barium-Barite, Lithium, Iron, ManganesePlant1927
Sinclair No. 3Boron-Borates, Lead, Lithium, Chlorine, Copper, 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
Shamrock (historical)1.1 miles20
Calipatria2.4 miles22
Bernice (historical)2.7 miles20
Fondo3.5 miles20
Estelle4.9 miles22
Rockwood5.3 miles20
Westmorland6.5 miles20
Mayflower (historical)6.6 miles21

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 Q7921028The 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 1661632. 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.