Anza California Map

About Anza, California

Anza is a locality in Imperial County, California, United States. It has a population of approximately 3,075. The population density is 43.0 people per km². Anza is located at 33.5616°N, 116.6961°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 92243, 92539.

Anza occupies a high, arid plateau where the light at dusk bleeds into a bruised, copper intensity against the dry grass. It lies 3.8 miles east of El Centro, CA (from El Centro, CA: bearing 81°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north of Calexico. The terrain is a landscape of sun-bleached plains and sparse, hardy vegetation that stretches toward a horizon defined by the distant, jagged silhouette of Deer Peak. Anza sits seventy-eight miles from the coast, far removed from the dampening influence of any marine layer, leaving the air thin, sharp, and prone to the extremes of an inland climate. To the north, the land slopes toward the path of the Alamo River, a slender artery cutting through the parched soil, while the nearby expanse of Gomez Park offers a quiet sanctuary of native scrub and brush.

Anza carries the weight of a frontier history, its character forged by the slow, deliberate pace of agricultural life and the rugged independence of those who settled the high desert. The local economy persists through cattle ranching and small-scale farming, tasks performed under a sky that remains indifferent to the labor of men. Life in Anza moves in accordance with the seasons, from the brittle, tinder-dry heat of summer to the crisp, biting cold of winter evenings when the stars emerge with a clarity that feels almost heavy. Residents look toward the distant presence of Ramer Lake as a marker of the wider geography, yet the focus remains on the immediate, dusty reality of the plateau. Anza exists as a place where the silence is not an absence of sound, but a presence that settles over the acreage long after the work of the day has ceased.

About This Anza Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Anza, California. Coordinates: 33.56159, -116.696066. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Anza includes the ZIP code (92243, 92539), telephone area code (714, 909), county seat of Imperial County (El Centro), and school district assignment (Hemet Unified School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.