County Route S24 (California)

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County Route S24


Length	17.3 miles (28 km)
Direction	South-Northeast
From	Winterhaven, California I-8 & Fort Yuma Indian Reservation
Major junctions	Ferguson Lake Road
To	Imperial Dam, Senator Wash, Yuma Proving Ground and Imperial Dam Road (west) from U.S. 95 in Arizona
Major cities	Winterhaven, California
Established
System	County Road

Imperial County Route S24 is a 17.3 miles (28 km) farmland route in extreme southeast Imperial County, California at Winterhaven. It is north, across the Colorado River and adjacent to Yuma, Arizona. The southern 2/3 of the route travels through the Quechan Indian Tribal lands of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation.

1 Route description
2 Secondary route to YPG
3 Resurfacing
4 See also
5 References

[edit] Route description

The route begins from Winterhaven, California, adjacent to the eastern exit of Interstate 8 in California at Winterhaven. The route travels northeast through portions of eastern Winterhaven, then immediately turns north through farmland, for 2.8 miles (5 km); (the continuation north exiting this route accesses the southern Chocolate Mountains, and the western perimeter of the Little Picacho Wilderness, a dirt road, sometimes rugged, wash-boarded and difficult). The route turns east 3.5 miles (6 km) then north, east, then north on a newly paved stretch through farmland for 1.5 miles (2 km). The final turn east is through farmland for 1.3 miles (2 km) then a northeast stretch along the western shoreline of the Colorado River, Laguna Dam and a terminus at the 1.1 mi turn-off to Imperial Dam; the river stretch is about 8.0 miles (13 km), and seasonally has Osprey, Phainopepla, Abert's Towhee, Belted Kingfisher, Double-crested Cormorant, and everpresent Gambel's Quail, plus numerous other bird species, including the water birds. Of note, the Osprey have snag perches along the river route, and can be seen eating fish on pole tops, towers, etc.

The terminus at the Laguna Dam turn-off transitions into the extension westwards in southwest Arizona from U.S. 95 in Arizona, westwards on Imperial Dam Road of Yuma County, Arizona and the US Army Yuma Proving Ground.

No traffic lights occur on the route; only one stop sign is encountered while traveling north to south; (–except that one 4-way stop is encountered at about 1.7 north of Winterhaven). 1.5 miles south of the Imperial Dam entrance, the Ferguson Lake Road and the Senator Wash access exits to the northwest. The eastern access points to the Little Picacho Wilderness can be found along the northern sections of Ferguson Lake Road, (a sometimes rugged, wash-boarded dirt road).

[edit] Secondary route to YPG

Route S24 serves as a second access route to the Yuma Proving Ground, and also to the main housing and administration center of YPG. The route is also the main access to the housing facilities in the Imperial Dam region, administered by the BLM; the Imperial Dam housing region is on the Arizona side of the Colorado River.