BlockWiest, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Brawley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92227. The Survey maps it on the Wiest quadrangle. It lies 135 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
11 surveys from 21 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 Iris quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1945 USGS Iris quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Wiest 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 Wiest quadrangle1:24000
- 2002 USGS Iris quadrangle1:50000
Fires near this place
4 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Wiest between 1992 and 2013, burning about 163 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 | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | ASHLEY |
| 24 June 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | California Desert District | COBRA |
| 14 May 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | California Desert District | GECKO |
| 5 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wiest: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Geothermal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brawley | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Lugo Claims | Manganese | Producer | Psilomelane | |
| Unknown | Manganese | Occurrence | Residual |
Storms near this place
3 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wiest in 3 storm reports between 2020 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiest | $2,000 | A powerline and possibly a power pole were blown down by thunderstorm winds in the area of SR-115 & Titsworth Road in Calipatria. Winds were estimated between 55-60 mph. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wiest | $2,000 | A power pole was reported down and blocking traffic near Rutherford Road and West Road. No injuries were reported. Timing was estimated using radar. |
| March 2020 | Flood | Wiest | - | Scattered showers and thunderstorms, some with moderate to heavy rain, developed across portions of central Imperial County during the afternoon hours on March 12th. The locally heavy rain resulted in some flooding and flash flooding impacts across portions of the Imperial Valley; earlier in the afternoon a Flash Flood Warning was issued due to the flooding. Later in the afternoon the rain tapered off and the warning expired. However, according to local law enforcement, at 1656PST lingering flooding northeast of Brawley and about 1 mile northwest of Wiest resulted in some modest impacts to local traffic. there were no reports of accidents due to the flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayflower (historical) | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Munyon | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Rockwood | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Butlers (historical) | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Bernice (historical) | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Moss | 4.7 miles | 21 | |
| Hovley | 5.5 miles | 20 | |
| Alamorio | 5.5 miles | 21 |
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 Q7999387 | 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 251524. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.