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Coyote Wells, California

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Unincorporated community in California, United States

Unincorporated community in California, United States

Coyote Wells
Unincorporated community
Coyote Wells and environs,c. 1920
Coyote Wells Location in California
Coordinates:32°44′19″N115°58′03″W / 32.73861°N 115.96750°W /32.73861; -115.96750
Country	United States
State	California
County	Imperial County
Elevation ^[1]	299 ft (91 m)
Population
• Estimate (1998)	1,409

Coyote Wells is anunincorporated community inImperial County, California.^[1] It is located on theSan Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway 24 miles (39 km) west ofEl 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]

DuringWorld War II theUS Navy built two airstrips at Coyote Wells to supportNAS San Diego.^[4]

North Coyote Wells Naval Outlying Landing Field also calledBooming 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]
South 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]

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

v t e Municipalities and communities ofImperial County, California,United States
County seat:El Centro
Cities	Brawley Calexico Calipatria El Centro Holtville Imperial Westmorland	Imperial County map
CDPs	Bombay Beach Desert Shores El Centro Naval Air Facility Heber Niland Ocotillo Palo Verde Salton City Salton Sea Beach Seeley Winterhaven
Unincorporated communities	Alamorio Andrade Bard Bonds Corner Boulder Park Coyote Wells Dixieland Felicity Glamis Kane Spring Meloland Mount Signal Obregon Picacho Plaster City Slab City
Indian reservations	Fort Yuma Indian Reservation‡ Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation‡
Ghost towns	Camp Gaston Carrizo Creek Station Hedges Indian Wells Jaeger City Ogilby Paringa Pilot Knob Station Potholes Sackett's Wells Silsbee Tumco
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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