Pilot Knob (Imperial County, California)
Pilot Knob | |
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All American Canal to the El Centro agriculture region.) | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 876 ft (267 m) NAVD 88[1] |
Coordinates | 32°43′54″N 114°45′00″W / 32.731601906°N 114.7499458°W[1] |
Geography | |
Topo map | USGS Yuma West |
Geology | |
Mountain type | Volcanic plug |
Pilot Knob (also, Avie Quah-la-Altwa, Ha-bee-co-la-la, and San Pablo) is a peak in Imperial County, California.[2] Pilot Knob is located 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Ogilby,[3] It rises to an elevation of 876 feet (267 m).[1] Pilot Knob is a rocky landform, geologically a Volcanic plug, west of Yuma, Arizona–Winterhaven, California; it is connected to the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, the central portion of the mountains being about 7 miles (11 km) north. Pilot Knob was named for its prominence as a landmark for riverboat traffic in the 19th-20th centuries on the Colorado River which borders Winterhaven–Yuma. Pilot Knob is an Area of Critical Environmental Concern administered by the Bureau of Land Management.
Pilot Knob description
Separated from the center of the
Access to Pilot Knob
Pilot Knob is accessed from
The Bureau of Land Management administers the Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area campground at the base of Pilot Knob.[4]
History
When
The Alamo Canal intake was placed at Pilot Knob due to the availability of a solid rock foundation for the head gate.[6]
KIVA (TV) Yuma, Arizona transmitted from Pilot Knob from 1953 to 1970.
References
- ^ a b c "West Pilot". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ "Pilot Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
- ^ ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ "Pilot Knob Long Term Visitor Area | Bureau of Land Management".
- ^ Janet L. Hargett, Pioneering At Yuma Crossing: The Business Career of L. J. F. Jaeger, 1850-1887, Arizona And The West, Vol. 25, No. 4 (Winter, 1983), p. 334 (map)
- ISBN 978-1-113-10178-5. Retrieved 26 August 2010.