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 code: 92251.

Plaster City lies under a sky that often burns a pale, relentless blue, a vast canvas stretched taut over an ancient landscape. It lies 17.2 miles west of El Centro, CA (from El Centro, CA: bearing 270°T), and is situated 9.7 miles west of Seeley. The terrain here is a study in earth tones, a muted palette of ochre, rust, and sun-bleached sand, broken by the occasional, stoic silhouette of a desert scrub or the sharp, angular lines of distant, eroded hills. The air itself feels thin, carrying the dry, mineral scent of the earth, and the silence is profound, punctuated only by the whisper of wind across the low-lying scrub and the distant hum of an unseen engine. Even the shadows seem to possess a certain weight, deepening and sharpening as the sun arcs across its immense, unhurried path. The very name of Plaster City speaks to its singular purpose, a testament to the rich gypsum deposits that have shaped its identity and its economy for generations. This is a place born of industry, where the extraction and processing of minerals form the bedrock of daily life, a quiet hum of productivity beneath the immense desert sky. The land yields its bounty, and the community thrives on this exchange, a small but vital hub in the larger tapestry of the region. There are no grand boulevards or bustling marketplaces here, but rather a functional beauty, a stark elegance born of necessity and the unyielding embrace of the desert.

About This Plaster City Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Plaster City, California — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 32.792558, -115.858618. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service, with current observations and a 7-day forecast also powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while a Wikipedia summary or an editorially written description provides background on Plaster City and Imperial County.

Detailed location data for Plaster City includes the ZIP code (92259), telephone area code (714), county seat of Imperial County (El Centro), and school district assignment. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any US city or town.

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Plaster City is identified even where the name is shared across multiple counties or states. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.