33°01′23″N 114°36′40″W / 33.02306°N 114.61111°W
Picacho | |
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  Picacho Location in California  Picacho Picacho (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 33°01′23″N 114°36′40″W / 33.02306°N 114.61111°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Imperial County |
| Elevation | 203 ft (62 m) |
| Official name | Picacho Mines[2] |
| Reference no. | 193 |
Picacho (Spanish for "Big Peak") is an unincorporated community in Imperial County, California.[1] It is located on the Colorado River 29 miles (47 km) south-southeast of Palo Verde,[3] at an elevation of 203 feet (62 m).[1]
Picacho, now a ghost town, was an early mining town on the Colorado River. It was named Picacho, Spanish for "big peak", after a nearby mountain of the same name.
The original townsite itself is beneath Imperial Reservoir, but remains of some of the ore mills are above the lake level. The area is within Picacho State Recreation Area.[4] The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #193.[2]
- ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Picacho, California
- ^ a b "Picacho Mines". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 7, 2012.
- ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 1454. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
- ^ Picacho State Recreation Area