The former Goffs Campsite is located in San Bernardino County, 2 miles south of Goffs, California. The Corps of Engineers is investigating and monitoring the former camp through the Formerly Used Defense Sites, or FUDS, Program for munitions and explosive hazards that may remain from previous military activities. This page provides information on Goffs Butte Ordnance and Explosives Disposal Areas project, which is part of the former Goffs Campsite FUDS.
The Goffs Butte OE Disposal Areas project comprises approximately 662 acres and consisted of ordnance burial pits located on the west and south sides of Goffs Butte. Munitions associated with the Goffs Butte OE Disposal Areas include small arms ammunition, large caliber projectiles, high explosive and practice mortars, grenades, rockets, signals and land mines. In 1980, the Fort Irwin Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit removed approximately 80 tons of munitions items from the site.
During site visits in 1998 and 2008, field teams identified ammunition, anti-tank mines, rifle grenades and munitions debris. One munitions and explosives of concern, a ground signal illumination flare, was also identified and disposed of by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal unit from Twentynine Palms Marine Base.
Land associated with the Goffs Butte OE Disposal Area is owned and managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The land is undeveloped desert and is used for livestock grazing. Land use is not expected to change in the near future.
The Corps of Engineers continues to investigate the Goffs Butte OE Disposal Areas and is planning a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study to determine if additional munitions clearance activities are required.