Blood, Trauma, and Biohazard Cleanup in Imperial Beach, CA

Imperial Beach is the most southwesterly city in the continental United States, occupying the extreme southwest corner of the country with the Pacific Ocean on its west and Mexico just to its south.

Imperial Beach was founded in 1887 as a summer retreat for farmers and landowners from the hot Imperial Valley, which is how the beach town got its name.

Imperial Beach voted to incorporate in 1956, becoming the 10th city in San Diego County, after growing from a seasonal resort into a year-round residential community.

Imperial Beach had a population of 26,137 at the 2020 census, with about 9,340 households averaging 2.68 people each.

About 40% of Imperial Beach's roughly 4.4 square miles is environmentally protected open space within the Tijuana River watershed.

The Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, established in 1982, protects about 2,500 acres of salt marsh where the Tijuana River meets the sea and is one of the largest remaining salt marshes in Southern California.

More than 350 species of native and migratory birds have been recorded at the Tijuana Estuary, making Imperial Beach one of the premier birdwatching sites in San Diego County.

Imperial Beach calls itself the Sandcastle Capital of the World and for more than 30 years hosted the U.S. Open Sandcastle Competition, the largest sandcastle event in the United States.

The Tijuana Sloughs offshore from Imperial Beach are credited as the birthplace of big-wave surfing in California, where pioneers paddled out to ride large swells in the 1930s and 1940s.

The wooden Imperial Beach Pier, first built in 1909 and rebuilt since, extends roughly 1,200 feet into the Pacific and offers free public fishing.