Number of sites found in Imperial County:58

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Sites:

NameAcresLocatedDescription
Salton Sea Bomb Target (fbt 11)(#52)1280.00.5 Miles Ne Of Salton City
Holtville Rocket Target 1r (#94)878.00.75 Miles E Of Highline Canal Levee
Salton Sea Mecca Area1 Mile Ne Of Mecca
Camp Seeley Combat Firing Rg2560.0010 Miles Nw Of El CentroN/A
Bomb Target (#78)640.0010.55 Miles N Of Plaster City
Bomb Target (#79)640.0010.75 Miles N Plaster City
Camp Seeley Ord Trg Center1280.0012 Miles Sw Of El Centro The site was acquired for use by the U.S. Army as an ordnance training center. The 1,280.00 acre tract was acquired for use asa dust proving ground, 1,040 acres of which were designated as"Ordnance Desert Proving Ground" as discussed under DERP ProjectNo. J09CA029200. No improvements were noted in the records withthe exception of timbered holes used for ammunition storage onSections 20 and 21, T16S, RILE San Bernardino Baseline andmeridian. The holes were not noted during the site visit. Thereis no indication the site was under other than DOD control duringDOD's interest.
Holtville Rocket Target Range460.0013.25 Miles North Of BrawleyN/A
Carrizo Impact Area28400.0025 Miles West Of El Centro
Bombimg Target Yuma Reclamation Project960.003.56 Miles N Plaster City
Sand Hills Impact Area5 Miles South Of Glaims
Bombing Target (san Felipe)(#67)640.007.8 Miles S Of Kane Springs
Camp Seeley8 Miles Nw Of El Centro
Coyote Wells Gap Fil Ax P76b0.338 Miles Se Of Coyote WellsIn February 1957, the Air Force obtained right-of-entry for this 0.33-acre site from the Department of the Interior. This site was an off-base installation under the control of the Mount Laguna Air Station and was part of the National Defense System. It consisted of a 0.32-acre, remote-operated radar aircraft warning station and 0.01-acre access road. At the time of disposal, the improvements reportedly included a main building, tower, latrine, underground tank for storing heat fuel oil, road, concrete sidewalk, and fence. The Air Force declared this site as excess in 1960. The subject property and above-mentioned improvements were retransferred to the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management on 6 October 1965. The site is still under the control of the Bureau of Land Management, and does not appear to have been put to beneficial use since its disposal by DOD. The above-listed improvements were abandoned; their remains are still onsite.
Holtville Target (bt) No.3640.009 Miles Ne Of Calipatria
Camp Dunlap631.34Camp Dunlap (unincorporated)
Chocolate Mt Aerial Gunnery Rg458809.72Chocolate MountainBetween 1942 and the 1980s a total of 458.809.72 acres in the Chocolate Mountains were acquired by the Navy through withdrawal of public domain lands, fee condemnation, fee purchase and leasehold condemnation, from both government and private entities. The Navy initially established an artillery range on a portion of this site during WWII. Eventually, the Navy established an air to air and air to ground aerial gunnery range. All types of conventional ordnance deployed from aircraft are used at the range including rockets, bombs, and machine guns. Only a few improvements are located within the range boundary including a building, mine shafts, and a couple of wind mills.
Nas Coyote Wells320.00Coyote Wells
East Mesa Bombing RangeEl Centro
Winona Bt 1 (#90)640.00El Centro
El Centro Marine Air Corps Base16.74El CentroN/A
Camp Seeley Ordnance Prov Grd1040.00El CentroThe Army acquired 1,040.0 acres for Camp Seeley Ordnancedesert Proving Ground from the department of Interior by Use Permit dated 21 April 1944.The property was used as a "dust proving ground" by the Desert Test Command headquartered at Camp Seeley (J09CA029000).The mission of the Desert Test Command was to test transportvehicles, ordnance combat tanks, and other combat vehicles and automotive equipment in soft sand terrain and under high temperature conditions. The subject site allowed the Army to test vehicles under dusty conditions. Such tests did not involve the use of ordnance or explosive materials. No improvements are known to have been made to the property.
El Centro Rocket Target No.1 (#92)480.00El Centro
El Centro Bombing Target Site (gilby)(#69)640.00El Centro
El Centro Rocket Target No. 2 (#93)400.00El Centro
Access Road For El Centro Rocket TargetsEl CentroN/A
Bomb Target Site And/or Emergency Field BEl Centro
Bomb Target Site And/or Emergency Field AEl Centro
East Borego Bt677.17El Centro
Bomb Target Site And/or Emergency FieldEl Centro
Bomb Target Site And/or Emergency Field EEl Centro
Bomb Target Site And/or Emergency FieldEl Centro
Bomb Target Site And/or Emergency Field FEl Centro
Winona Bt 2 (#91)640.00El Centro
Kane Springs Sbt (#62)677.00El Centro
Bomd Target(#103)El Centro
Bombing Targets Imperial DunesEl Centro
Camp Pilot Knob4004.75FelicityA total of 18 tracts of land (4,004.75 acres) comprised the camp area. Between January and April 1943, the War Department acquired 1559.66 acres via Use Permit from the Department of Interior (DoI), 1067 acres via permits from private individuals, and 640 acres from the State of California. No formal permission was obtained for 80 acres from the DoI and 658.09 from private individuals. As part of the California-Arizona Manuever Area (CAMA), later renamed the Desert Training Center, Camp Pilot Knob was designed as a temporary location to train troops in desert warfare. The land reverted back to the original owners when the Army canceled 1725.09 acres of the lesser interest permits during the period 1 June 1944 to 27 February 1945 and a 640-acre lesser interest permit on 28 October 1952. The public domain areas were relinquished to the DoI on 20 April 1945 (1559.66 acres-Use Permit) and on 24 December 1948 (80 acres-no formal permission obtained). Currently, the 18 former tracts that comprised Camp Pilot Knob can be tracked to approximately 76 parcels totalling 3886.75 acres. Of the 76 parcels that comprise the camp, 16 (2566 acres) are owned by the government through the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The remaining 60 parcels (1320.75 acres) are owned by the private sector. Approximately 118 acres are not accounted for due to the expansion of the Interstate, railroad right-of-ways, and other miscellaneous right-of-ways. Based on the foregoing Findings of Fact, the site has been determined to have been formerly used by the Department of Defense. It is therefore eligible for the Defense Environmental Restoration Program - Formerly Used Defense Sites established under 10 USC 2701 et seq.
Naval Auxiliary Air Station2080.00HoltvilleN/A
Holtville Target(bt) No.1 (#68)Holtville
Dod Project 112 Site 4Imperial
East Mesa So Bomb RangeImperial County
Palos Verdes Gap Fil Ax Sm162d0.49Palo VerdeN/A
Coyote Wells Bomb Target No.77Plaster City
Naf Salton Sea4800.00Salton Sea
Salton Sea Bomb Target (fbt 16)(#57)640.00Salton Sea
Salton Sea Bomb Target(9)(#50)640.00Salton Sea
Proposed Salton Sea Bombing Target #1640.00Salton SeaNo specific information was found concerning the disposal of this site. It is likely that, as with several other Salton Sea bomb targets acquired during World War II (see J09CA102800), this site would have been discontinued in approximately 1946. The site is currently owned by the United States of America, Department of Interior, and is under a withdrawal for the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge. Current use is moderate fishing.
Presumed Bombing Site Floating TargetSalton Sea
Salton Sea Bomb Target(fbt 17)(#58)1281.88Salton Sea
Salton Sea Bomb Target(fbt 18)(#59)640.00Salton Sea
Proposed Salton Sea Bomb Target #2640.00Salton SeaNo specific information was found concerning the disposal of this site. It is likely that, as with the other Salton Sea bomb targets acquired during World War II, use would have been discontinued in approximately 1946 (see J09CA102800). The current site owner is the Department of Interior. The site is within the Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge, and is used for moderate fishing.
Salton Sea Bomb Target(fbt 19)(#60)1600.00Salton Sea
Salton Sea Skip Bomb Target (#61)1920.00Salton Sea
Presumed Bombing Site Safety Area320.00Salton Sea
Salton Sea Bomb Target(fbt 12)(#53)640.38Salton Sea
Salton Sea Bomb Target(10)(#51)640.00Salton Sea (riverside/imperail County)
Blythe Army Air Field Bombing Target 1Unspecified LocationN/A