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'''Coyote Wells''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Imperial County, California|Imperial County]], [[California]].<ref name=gnis /> It is located on the [[San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway]] {{convert|24|mi|km|0}} west of [[El Centro, California|El Centro]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|1409}}</ref> at an elevation of 299 feet (91 m).<ref name=gnis />
'''Coyote Wells''' is an [[unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Imperial County, California]].<ref name=gnis /> It is located on the [[San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway]] {{convert|24|mi|km|0}} west of [[El Centro, California|El Centro]],<ref name=CGN>{{California's Geographic Names|1409}}</ref> at an elevation of 299 feet (91 m).<ref name=gnis />

There is a petrified forest in and around Yuha wash, about {{Convert|10|mi}} southwest of Coyote Wells.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rensch |first=Hero Eugene |title=Historic Spots in California: The Southern Counties |last2=Rensch |first2=Ethel Grace |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1932 |location=Stanford, Calif. |pages=3 |language=en-us}}</ref>


==Coyote Wells Landing Fields==
==Coyote Wells Landing Fields==
During [[World War 2]] the [[US Navy]] built two airstrips at Coyote Wells to support [[NAS San Diego]].
During [[World War II]] the [[US Navy]] built two airstrips at Coyote Wells to support [[NAS San Diego]].<ref>[http://www.militarymuseum.org/NOLFNortCoyoteWells.html Coyote Wells Landing Field]</ref>
*'''North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field''' also called '''Booming Naval Outlying Landing Field''' was a 2,600 feet runway. North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field was 13 miles northeast of Coyote Wells. Just north of the airstrip was a bombing target. Landing Field was used as an Emergency Landing Field. Site was abandoned in 1949. No trace of airstrips remains.(32.93, -115.88)<ref>[http://www.militarymuseum.org/NOLFNortCoyoteWells.html North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field]</ref><ref>[https://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Airfields_CA_ElCentro.htm#ncoyete Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California: El Centro area]</ref>
*'''North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field''' also called '''Booming Naval Outlying Landing Field''' was a 2,600 feet runway. North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field was 13 miles northeast of Coyote Wells. Just north of the airstrip was a bombing target. Landing Field was used as an Emergency Landing Field. Site was abandoned in 1949. No trace of airstrips remains.(32.93, -115.88)<ref>[http://www.militarymuseum.org/NOLFNortCoyoteWells.html North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field]</ref><ref>[https://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Airfields_CA_ElCentro.htm#ncoyete Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California: El Centro area]</ref>
*'''Soth Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field''' was 3 miles east of Coyote Wells built in 1938. The site had three 2,500 feet unpaved runways for Emergency Landing at an elevation of 300 feet. Site was sold in 1956. No trace of airstrips remains.(32.74, -115.96)<ref>[https://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Airfields_CA_ElCentro.htm#scoyote Coyote Wells South Field]</ref>
*'''Soth Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field''' was 3 miles east of Coyote Wells built in 1938. The site had three 2,500 feet unpaved runways for Emergency Landing at an elevation of 300 feet. Site was sold in 1956. No trace of airstrips remains.(32.74, -115.96)<ref>[https://members.tripod.com/airfields_freeman/CA/Airfields_CA_ElCentro.htm#scoyote Coyote Wells South Field]</ref>

==See also==
*[[California during World War II]]


==References==
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Latest revision as of 03:47, 22 December 2024

32°44′19″N 115°58′03″W / 32.73861°N 115.96750°W / 32.73861; -115.96750

Coyote Wells
Unincorporated community
Coyote Wells and environs, c. 1920
Coyote Wells and environs, c. 1920
Coyote Wells is located in California
Coyote Wells
Coyote Wells
Location in California
Coordinates: 32°44′19″N 115°58′03″W / 32.73861°N 115.96750°W / 32.73861; -115.96750
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyImperial County
Elevation
[1]
299 ft (91 m)
Population
 • Estimate 
(1998)
1,409

Coyote Wells is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.[1] It is located on the San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway 24 miles (39 km) west of El Centro,[2] at an elevation of 299 feet (91 m).[1]

There is a petrified forest in and around Yuha wash, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Coyote Wells.[3]

Coyote Wells Landing Fields

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During World War II the US Navy built two airstrips at Coyote Wells to support NAS San Diego.[4]

  • North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field also called Booming Naval Outlying Landing Field was a 2,600 feet runway. North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field was 13 miles northeast of Coyote Wells. Just north of the airstrip was a bombing target. Landing Field was used as an Emergency Landing Field. Site was abandoned in 1949. No trace of airstrips remains.(32.93, -115.88)[5][6]
  • Soth Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field was 3 miles east of Coyote Wells built in 1938. The site had three 2,500 feet unpaved runways for Emergency Landing at an elevation of 300 feet. Site was sold in 1956. No trace of airstrips remains.(32.74, -115.96)[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Coyote Wells, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1409. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ Rensch, Hero Eugene; Rensch, Ethel Grace (1932). Historic Spots in California: The Southern Counties. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press. p. 3.
  4. ^ Coyote Wells Landing Field
  5. ^ North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field
  6. ^ Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields: California: El Centro area
  7. ^ Coyote Wells South Field


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