Plaster City California Map

About Plaster City, California

Plaster City is a locality in Imperial County, California, United States. It is a small community with a population of 280. The population density is 5.0 people per km². Plaster City is located at 32.7926°N, 115.8586°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP codes: 92259, 92251.

Plaster City commands a stark, sun-bleached expanse where the desert floor stretches toward the horizon in shades of pale ocher and burnt umber. It lies 17.2 miles west of El Centro, CA (from El Centro, CA: bearing 270°T), and is situated 17.2 miles west-southwest of Imperial. The terrain is defined by the arid, expansive reaches of West Mesa, where the ground remains hard-packed and unforgiving under a sky of relentless clarity. To the west, the silhouette of Sunrise Butte breaks the monotony of the flatlands, rising like a jagged tooth against the shimmering heat haze that ripples across the earth. Nearby, Coyote Wash carves a shallow, ephemeral path through the sediment, its dry bed a reminder of the rare, sudden rains that occasionally scour the landscape. Within the Yuha Basin Area of Critical Environmental Concern, the desert reveals a quiet, ancient resilience, where low-slung scrub brush clings to the alkaline soil and the silence is broken only by the dry rasp of wind moving through the creosote.

Industrial purpose defines the character of Plaster City, as the site remains anchored to the extraction and processing of gypsum that lies beneath the desert crust. Large-scale machinery and towering silos rise from the dust, serving as a testament to the raw materials pulled from the surrounding plains to feed the construction of distant urban centers. The economy here functions with the rhythmic, mechanical precision of a plant that never truly sleeps, operating in a climate that demands endurance from both man and iron. Despite the proximity to the Salton Sea, which glimmers faintly in the distance as a reminder of the region’s complex hydrological history, Plaster City persists as an enclave of labor and utility. The air here holds a distinctive, powdery quality, catching the golden light of late afternoon and casting a soft, chalky glow over the structures that define the daily life of those who work the basin.

About This Plaster City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plaster City, California. Coordinates: 32.792558, -115.858618. 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 Plaster City includes the ZIP code (92259, 92251), telephone area code (714), county seat of Imperial County (El Centro), and school district assignment.

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.