Oil Wells In Los Angeles Map
Inglewood oil field near culver city.
Oil wells in los angeles map. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. By bianca barragan jul 29 2014 1 48pm pdt share this story. The los angeles city oil field is a large oil field north of downtown los angeles long and narrow it extends from immediately south of dodger stadium west to vermont avenue encompassing an area of about four miles 6 km long by a quarter mile across its former productive area amounts to 780 acres 3 2 km 2. Doheny may have set off the oil boom within the city of los angeles but the first successful well in la county was to the north in the santa susana mountains.
The proliferation of oil. Geologic energy management division data maps. Pick the data to explore. Discovered in 1900 and with a cumulative production of over 150 million barrels of oil it ranks 39th by size among california s oil fields and is unusual for being a large continuously productive field in an entirely urban setting.
There are over 1 100 producing oil wells in the mckittrick oil field just north of the town of mckittrick in california s kern county. Oil gas well finder. Subject specific web maps. The city needs to take a more proactive inclusive approach to oil and gas well inspections.
Hundreds of wells dot this nearly 1 000 acre field the largest contiguous oil producing site in the los angeles area. Carolyn cole los angeles times advertisement. Share this on twitter. All drilling pumping and processing operations for the 97 currently active.
Gis data published by calgem includes regular updates to well locations and status oil field boundaries lease boundaries and district boundaries. Discovered in 1890 and made famous by edward doheny s successful well in 1892 the field was once the top producing oil field in california accounting for more than half of the. Share this on facebook. A gusher at charles mentry s pico.
After prospector edward doheny struck oil here in 1892 the los angeles city oil field became the latest hive of activity in the region s oil boom. Among the oil districts shown in george and blunt s map district 1 stands out as it falls right in the middle of the urbanizing city limits of los angeles. View on google maps.