Imperial Beach, California City of Imperial Beach Official seal of Imperial Beach, California Imperial Beach, California is positioned in the US Imperial Beach, California - Imperial Beach, California Imperial Beach is a residentiary beach town/city in San Diego County, California, with a populace of 26,324 at the 2010 census.
The town/city is the southernmost beach town/city in Southern California and the West Coast of the United States.
It is in the South Bay region of San Diego County, 14.1 miles (22.7 km) south of downtown San Diego and 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of downtown Tijuana, Mexico.
Imperial Beach is positioned at 32 34 42 N 117 7 2 W (32.578255, -117.117111) making it the most southwesterly town/city in the continental United States.
The town/city is situated in the extreme southwest corner of the continental United States: bordered by Tijuana, Mexico to the south, Coronado, California and the San Diego Bay to the north, San Diego to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the west.
Imperial Beach is positioned in San Diego County, the fifth most-populous county in the United States and part of the San Diego Metropolitan Area, the 17th biggest urbane region in the United States with over 3 million citizens .
It is also part of the San Diego Tijuana urbane area, the biggest bi-national urbane region shared between the United States and Mexico with over 5 million citizens .
Founded in June 1887, the town/city takes its name from Imperial County, California, a desert climate 100 miles (160 km) east.
The town/city would incorporate in 1956, operating its own Mayor-council government providing town/city fire department service and policing by the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
Imperial Beach often remains 10 degrees (Fahrenheit) cooler than inland areas of San Diego County in the summer, and 10 degrees warmer in the winter.
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography operates a weather reporting station at the middle of the Imperial Beach Pier for sky condition, temperature, humidity, pressure, wind and water temperature data.
Imperial Beach encompasses nearly 4 miles (6.4 km) of beach and employs a year-round lifeguard staff.
Beach volleyball, surfing and body boarding are prominent in Imperial Beach with activities concentrated north and south of the Imperial Beach Pier and the Boca Rio beach break, one of San Diego County's best surf spots.
San Diego Magazine identifies the Boca Rio beach break as the second best surfing locale in the county, second only to Black's Beach and the Scripps Canyon region near La Jolla.
The region around Imperial Beach Pier known as Pier Plaza showcases plaques placed on surfboard benches that tell the story of how the city's big waves influenced surfing from 1937 to the 1950s.
Nearby Border Field State Park signifies the southernmost beach on the west coast of the United States and allows beachgoers in America to speak through the fence with beachgoers in Mexico, where the beach is called Playas de Tijuana (Tijuana Beach).
Silver Strand State Beach, a prominent beach for camping, bird watching, and bicycling, is positioned in the middle of the isthmus and includes both bay and ocean beaches.
The San Diego County summer tourist season brings many visitors to the city's beaches each year.
The Imperial Beach Farmer's Market, the only beachfront farmer's market in San Diego County, operates from Pier Plaza every Friday afternoon (from November to March) and (from April to October) offering small-town fruits, vegetables and improve art.
The South Bay Drive-in, the county's only ocean view drive-in theatre, is positioned just outside Imperial Beach off Coronado Avenue.
Imperial Beach is home to Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, a National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Border Field State Park.
In 2004, the City of Imperial Beach began implementing a improve redevelopment plan to advancement the commercial corridor along Palm Avenue and Seacoast Drive.
However, aside from a several lesser hotels, Imperial Beach remains a highly residentiary town/city with little hotel or motel accommodation for visitors.
Imperial Beach boasts a large military populace and is home to the US Navy's Naval Outlying Landing Field Imperial Beach also known as NOLF Imperial Beach.
The San Diego County Sheriff's Department 2008 crime statistics project Imperial Beach below the nationwide average in all areas reported.
In 2009, Congressional Quarterly's "America's Safest and Most Dangerous Cities" printed announcement ranked the City of San Diego as having the sixth lowest crime rate of any primary U.S.
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) provides bus and paratransit services to the town/city from throughout San Diego County.
MTS also provides service to San Diego International Airport (Lindbergh Field) from Imperial Beach.
The town/city is one of five Port member metros/cities making up the Port of San Diego, one of America's top 30 U.S.
Kem Nunn's novel, Tijuana Straits, provides insight into the culture of the border and surfing in Imperial Beach and the Tijuana River Valley, and the surroundingal enigma that affect inhabitants of Tijuana, Imperial Beach and Coronado.
The series (from Executive Producer David Milch, writer Kem Nunn, and director Mark Tinker) was filmed at a range of locations in Imperial Beach and in the Tijuana River Valley.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Imperial Beach had a populace of 26,324.
Imperial Beach has one of the youngest median ages of any Southern California town/city with a median age of 31 years.
According to estimates by the San Diego Association of Governments, the median homehold income of Imperial Beach in 2010 was $49,104 (not adjusted for inflation).
In the California State Legislature, Imperial Beach is in the 40th Senate District, represented by Democrat Ben Hueso, and in the 78th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Todd Gloria. In the United States House of Representatives, Imperial Beach is in California's 51st congressional district, represented by Democrat Juan Vargas. California Congressman Brian Bilbray interval up in Imperial Beach.
Is a current member of Imperial Beach town/city council.
He is noted for riding the large surf of the Tijuana Sloughs and he headed up the Imperial Beach lifeguard services for many years.
Official rain records for San Diego were kept at the Weather Bureau Office in downtown from October 1850 to December 1859 at the Mission San Diego and from November 1871 to June 1939 and a range of buildings at downtown, and at San Diego Int'l (Lindbergh Field) since July 1939. Temperature records, however, only date from October 1874.
City of Imperial Beach.
"Imperial Beach (city) Quick - Facts".
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Imperial Beach city".
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