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Plaster City California Map

Explore Plaster City, California, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Plaster City, California

How to Use This Plaster City, California Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Plaster City, California. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of California or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Plaster City.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Plaster City
State	California (CA)
County	Imperial County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	32.792558
Longitude	-115.858618
Population	280
Density	5.0 /km²
Incorporated	N/A
ZIP Codes	92259, 92251
Area Code	714
County Seat	El Centro

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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.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Yuha Basin Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 0.4 mi, 254° W
West Mesa Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Area of Critical Environmental Concern) — 5.4 mi, 007° N
Geoglyph (Public Artwork) — 5.7 mi, 204° SW
Coyote Mountains Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 6.2 mi, 291° W · 24k acres
The Desert Sand Bar (Monument) — 7.1 mi, 241° SW
Vista De Anza Historical Marker (Monument) — 7.2 mi, 201° S
Jacumba Wilderness Area (Wilderness Area) — 7.7 mi, 221° SW · 33k acres
Crucifixion thorn (Attraction) — 8.7 mi, 193° S
Site of Fort Romulado Pacheco (Historic Castle / Fort) — 10.3 mi, 070° E
California State Lands Commission (State Resource Management Area) — 10.4 mi, 252° W
Yuha Well (Monument) — 11.0 mi, 097° E
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park (State Park) — 11.7 mi, 313° NW
Stage Station Historical Marker (Historic Ruins) — 16.6 mi, 240° SW
Coyote's Flying Saucer Retrieval and Repair Service (Attraction) — 16.9 mi, 236° SW
Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area (Wilderness Study Area) — 17.6 mi, 248° W · 41k acres
Carrizo Badlands Overlook (Viewpoint) — 17.9 mi, 278° W
Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 20.5 mi, 024° NE · 64k acres
"hollywood & Vine" Street Sign (Attraction) — 21.6 mi, 292° W
Well of Eight Echos (Attraction) — 21.8 mi, 287° W
Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area (State Recreation Area) — 22.7 mi, 355° N
Cinema Curto (Theatre) — 23.3 mi, 112° E
ICC museo UABC (Museum) — 25.0 mi, 110° E
Cleveland National Forest (National Forest) — 30.1 mi, 271° W · 426k acres
Harper's Cabin (Historic Ruins) — 31.1 mi, 305° NW
Aztec Woods (Nature Reserve) — 33.3 mi, 277° W
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum (Museum) — 37.5 mi, 251° W
Campfire Circle (Theatre) — 38.3 mi, 309° NW
Cuyamaca Rancho Park Museum and Area Headquarters (Museum) — 41.8 mi, 283° W
Santa Rosa-San Jacinto Mountains National Monument (National Monument) — 45.9 mi, 343° N · 195k acres
Santa Rosa And San Jacinto National Monument (National Monument) — 45.9 mi, 343° N · 280k acres

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