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2015 Map of Niland

Name: 2015 Topographic Map of Niland
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2015
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2015

About this map

Imperial Valley agriculture and the receding shoreline of the Salton Sea define this landscape on the edge of the Colorado Desert. The town of Niland serves as a central hub, where the Southern Pacific railroad corridor meets a dense grid of irrigation infrastructure including the U Lateral and S Drain. Further south, the city of Calipatria sits near the Cliff Hatfield Memorial Airport, anchoring the southern edge of this highly engineered environment.

Natural geological features break the geometric precision of the fields, notably Mullet Island and Red Hill along the eastern margin of the sea. The Alamo River meanders north through the valley, flanked by named rural roads like Hatfield Rd and Brandt Rd. This survey documents the complex water management system of drains and laterals that sustains local industry and settlements like Estelle in the early 21st century.