Camp Essex
Camp Essex and Camp Clipper were sub camps of the US Army Desert Training Center in Riverside County. The main headquarters for the Desert Training Center was Camp Young, this is where General Patton's 3rd Armored Division was stationed. Camp Essex is located at the Fenner Rest Area in Fenner, California, on Interstate 40, 32 miles west of Needles in San Bernardino County. Camp Clipper was just to the east of Camp Essex, it was a temporary camp for incoming and out going troops.
Camp Essex and Camp Clipper were built in 1942 to prepare troops to do battle in North Africa to fight the Nazis during World War 2. The camp had 14 training ranges. The camp was used shortly in 1944 for Italian prisoners of war. The camp closed on 16 March 1944 and is now overseen by the Bureau of Land Management. The army used live-fire exercises and warning signs are still on the site.
Camp Essex - Source - DOD
Contaminants: Cadmium 0.14 mg/kg Beryllium 0.37 mg/kg Selenium 0.7 mg/kg Molybdenum 0.73 mg/kg Cobalt 5.5 mg/kg Nickel 8.5 mg/kg Total Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 12.0 mg/kg Vanadium 22.0 mg/kg Strontium 26.0 mg/kg Barium 96.0 mg/kg
Contaminants: Molybdenum 0.57 mg/kg Strontium 23.0 mg/kg
Contaminants: Silver 0.088 mg/kg Cadmium 0.096 mg/kg Molybdenum 0.38 mg/kg Selenium 0.46 mg/kg Cobalt 5.1 mg/kg Nickel 9.7 mg/kg Total Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 11.0 mg/kg Vanadium 21.0 mg/kg Strontium 29.0 mg/kg
Contaminants: Cadmium 0.14 mg/kg Beryllium 0.37 mg/kg Selenium 0.7 mg/kg Molybdenum 0.73 mg/kg Cobalt 5.5 mg/kg Nickel 8.5 mg/kg Total Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 12.0 mg/kg Vanadium 22.0 mg/kg Strontium 26.0 mg/kg Barium 96.0 mg/kg
Contaminants: Molybdenum 0.57 mg/kg Strontium 23.0 mg/kg
Contaminants: Silver 0.088 mg/kg Cadmium 0.096 mg/kg Molybdenum 0.38 mg/kg Selenium 0.46 mg/kg Cobalt 5.1 mg/kg Nickel 9.7 mg/kg Total Chromium (1:6 ratio Cr VI:Cr III) 11.0 mg/kg Vanadium 21.0 mg/kg Strontium 29.0 mg/kg
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