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Orange County, California

294 topographic sheets cover 206 settlements here, and 136 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

136 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

California within the United States
Orange County within California
Explore by year 1889 1900

What the record shows

  • 9,248 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 136 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 111 buildings, 18 districts, 4 structures, 2 sites and 1 object.
  • 25 of the 136 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 208 populated places in this county; 206 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

136

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Lewis Ainsworth Housebuilding198181000163
Anaheim Orange and Lemon Association Packing Housebuilding201515000379
Artz Buildingbuilding199494000364
Ferdinand Backs Housebuilding198080000826
Balboa Innbuilding198686000730
Balboa Pavilionbuilding198484000914
Bank of Balboa-Bank of Americabuilding198686001903
Beckman Instruments Inc. Administration Buildingbuilding2017100000620
Bixby-Bryant Ranch Housebuilding199796001537
A. S. Bradford Housebuilding197878000730
Brea City Hall and Parkdistrict198484000917
Builders Exchange Buildingbuilding198282002223
Carnegie Librarybuilding197979000511
Casa Romanticabuilding199191001900
Casa de Esperanzabuilding199090001484
Chapman Buildingbuilding198383001212
Dr. George C. Clark Housebuilding197676000506
Joel R. Congdon Housebuilding200202000801
Consolidated Orange Growers Precooling & Ice Plantbuilding2021100006912
Crystal Cove Historic Districtdistrict197979000514
C. Z. Culver Housebuilding198686000458
Cypress Street Schoolhousebuilding201515000380
Dewella Apartmentsbuilding200908001406
Downtown Santa Ana Historic Districts (North, Government/Institutional and South, Retail)district198484000438
ELECTRA (motor yacht)structure2023100008894
Oscar Easley Blockbuilding198383001213
Ebell Society of Santa Ana Valleybuilding200101000682
Richard Egan Housebuilding2017100000460
Elephant Packing Housebuilding198383001214
Esslinger Buildingbuilding198888000557
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Fullertonbuilding199494000360
Fender's Radio Servicebuilding201313000511
First Baptist Church of Orangebuilding199696000327
Floral Park Historic Districtdistrict2023100007287
Frank A. Forster Housebuilding198686002405
Fox Fullerton Theatre Complexdistrict200606000948
Frances Packing Housebuilding197777000319
French Park Historic Districtdistrict199999000551
Fullerton City Hallbuilding200303000424
Fullerton College Historic Districtdistrict2023100008709
Fullerton First Methodist Episcopal Churchbuilding200101000076
Fullerton Odd Fellows Templebuilding200202000383
Fullerton Post Officebuilding201212000549
Fullerton Union Pacific Depotbuilding198383003551
Goldschmidt Housebuilding200404001136
Greystone Villa-Cabin 18building200202000151
Edward and America Griffith Housebuilding2021100006296
George Hansen Housebuilding201313000473
Harmon-McNeil Housebuilding198585002764
Harrison Housebuilding197979000515
Helme-Worthy Store and Residencebuilding198786003668
Hetebrink Housebuilding199393000597
David Hewes Housebuilding2017100001605
Hillcrest Parkdistrict200404000812
Hotel San Clementebuilding198989001149
Howe-Waffle House and Carriage Housebuilding197777000320
Hunt Center and Librarydistrict2019100003550
Huntington Beach Elementary School Gymnasium and Plungebuilding199494001499
Huntington Beach Municipal Pierdistrict198989001203
Huntington Beach Municipal Pierdistrict198989001203
Huntington Beach Public Library on Triangle Parkbuilding201313000157
Irvine Bean and Growers Association Buildingbuilding198686000068
Irvine Blacksmith Shopbuilding198686000452
Irvine Parksite198383001215
Hugh Edgar Johnson Housebuilding2021100006089
Joseph Pleasants Stone Buildingbuilding197272000244
George Key Ranchdistrict197575000449
Lydia D. Killefer Schoolbuilding201515000123
Samuel Kraemer Building (American Savings Bank/First National Bank)building198383001217
Kroger-Melrose Districtdistrict198585001326
Lighter-than-Air Ship Hangarsstructure197575000451
Lighter-than-Air Ship Hangarsstructure197575000451
Los Rios Street Historic Districtdistrict198383001216
Lovell Beach Housebuilding197474000545
Marionabuilding198484000922
Masonic Templebuilding199595000355
Melrose-Backs Neighborhood Housesbuilding198686000783
George W. Minter Housebuilding198080000830
Mission San Juan Capistranobuilding197171000170
Modjeska Housebuilding197272000244
Montanez Adobebuilding197575000450
Muckenthaler Housebuilding198080000829
New Lynn Theaterbuilding2023100008710
Newland Housebuilding198585003374
Richard Nixon Birthplacebuilding197171000171
North Beach Historic Districtdistrict2020100005943
Odd Fellows Hallbuilding198383001218
Old Backs Housebuilding198080000827
Old Towne Orange Historic Districtdistrict199797000617
Olive Civic Centerbuilding199393001038
Orange County Courthousebuilding197777000321
Orange Intermediate School-Central Grammar Schoolbuilding199393000282
Orange Union High Schoolbuilding197575000448
Pacific Electric Railway Company Depotbuilding197979000517
Pacific Electric Sub-Station No. 14building198383001219
Parker Housebuilding198989000975
Miguel Parra Adobebuilding197878000731
Pickwick Hotelbuilding197979000513
Attlio and Jane Pierotti Housebuilding199393000907
Plaza Historic Districtdistrict198282002221
Plaza, Thesite197878000729
Louis Plummer Auditoriumbuilding199393001019
Pomona Court and Apartmentsdistrict2017100001891
Porter-French Housebuilding199494000818
Rankin Buildingbuilding198383001220
San Clemente Beach Clubbuilding198181000164
Santa Ana City Hallbuilding198282000975
Santa Ana Fire Station Headquarters No. 1building198686001549
Santa Fe Railway Passenger and Freight Depotbuilding199291002031
Santiago Orange Growers Association Packing Housebuilding2022100007485
Santora Buildingbuilding198282000976
Seal Beach City Hallbuilding198383001221
Jose Serrano Adobebuilding197676000505
Smith and Clark Brothers Ranch and Groundsbuilding198383001222
Smith-Tuthill Funeral Parlorsbuilding197878000732
Southern Counties Gas Co.building198383001223
Spurgeon Blockbuilding197979000516
St. Francis by-the-Sea American Catholic Churchbuilding198888000978
St. Isidore Catholic Churchbuilding2022100007440
St. John's Lutheran Churchbuilding199191001520
St. Michael's Episcopal Churchbuilding200404000017
Phillip Ackley Stanton Housebuilding198080000828
Sherman Stevens Housebuilding198484000926
Carl Stroschein Housebuilding200909000823
Truxaw-Gervais Housebuilding198282000977
US Post Office Station-Spurgeon Stationbuilding198585000134
VIRGINIA (sloop)structure199191000337
Villa Park Schoolbuilding200302001725
WILD GOOSE (yacht)object201111000431
Walkers Orange County Theaterbuilding198282002224
Roger Y. Williams Housebuilding200706001237
John Woelke Housebuilding201313000474
George L. Wright Housebuilding198282000978
Yorba, Domingo Adobe and Casa Manuel Garciabuilding198282002222
Yost Theater-Ritz Hotelbuilding198686000107
Young Men's Christian Association-Santa Ana-Tustin Chapterbuilding199393000237

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1900 - Sectional & road map of Los Angeles County : including part of Orange and Ventura counties, showing the oil and mining districts
Land ownership map (1900) - Sectional & road map of Los Angeles County : including part of Orange and Ventura counties, showing the oil and mining districts. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1889 - Map of Orange County, California
Land ownership map (1889) - Map of Orange County, California. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

39 of 114 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 114 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Walnut Grove Restaurant, Boston Public Library - undated
Walnut Grove Restaurant. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Walnut Grove Restaurants, Boston Public Library - undated
Walnut Grove Restaurants. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Walnut Grove Restaurants, Boston Public Library - undated
Walnut Grove Restaurants. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Walnut Grove Restaurant, Boston Public Library - undated
Walnut Grove Restaurant. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Red Wagon Inn, Disneyland, Boston Public Library - undated
Red Wagon Inn, Disneyland. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Covered wagons, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Covered wagons, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland, Disneyland, Boston Public Library - undated
Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland, Disneyland. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Handsome Brady and Whiskey Bill, Ghost Town, Gold Trail Hotel, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Handsome Brady and Whiskey Bill, Ghost Town, Gold Trail Hotel, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Donkey, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Donkey, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Locomotive, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Locomotive, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Tom Sawyer Island, Frontierland, Disneyland, Boston Public Library - undated
Tom Sawyer Island, Frontierland, Disneyland. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The Beachcomber Shop, Boston Public Library - undated
The Beachcomber Shop. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Fullerton TraveLodge, 815 So. Spadra (U. S. 101), Fullerton, Calif., Boston Public Library - undated
Fullerton TraveLodge, 815 So. Spadra (U. S. 101), Fullerton, Calif.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The Pottery Shack, 1212 So. Coast Blvd. (U.S. 101), Laguna Beach, Calif., "the pottery showplace of the Pacific coast", Boston Public Library - undated
The Pottery Shack, 1212 So. Coast Blvd. (U.S. 101), Laguna Beach, Calif., "the pottery showplace of the Pacific coast". Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Aloha Motel, 2409 So. Main St. (U. S. 101-A), Santa Ana, California, Boston Public Library - undated
Aloha Motel, 2409 So. Main St. (U. S. 101-A), Santa Ana, California. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Mission San Juan Capistrano, Southern California, Boston Public Library - undated
Mission San Juan Capistrano, Southern California. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Cary's of Santa Ana, 2032 No. Main St. (U. S. 101), Santa Ana, Calif., Boston Public Library - undated
Cary's of Santa Ana, 2032 No. Main St. (U. S. 101), Santa Ana, Calif.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Del Mar Motel, 1607 Coast Highway, U. S. 101, Corona Del Mar, California, Boston Public Library - undated
Del Mar Motel, 1607 Coast Highway, U. S. 101, Corona Del Mar, California. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Imperial Restaurant French dinners, from Long Beach: east on 7th St. 5 blocks past Huntington Beach Blvd. From Santa Ana: Cal. 22 highway west 6 miles "ask anyone", Boston Public Library - undated
Imperial Restaurant French dinners, from Long Beach: east on 7th St. 5 blocks past Huntington Beach Blvd. From Santa Ana: Cal. 22 highway west 6 miles "ask anyone". Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Café Las Ondas, Laguna Beach, California, Boston Public Library - undated
Café Las Ondas, Laguna Beach, California. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Wagon, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Wagon, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5136, Fullerton Municipal Airport, Fullerton, California, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5136, Fullerton Municipal Airport, Fullerton, California. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Antiques shop, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Antiques shop, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Donkey, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Donkey, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Handsome Brady, Ghost Town, Gold Trail Hotel, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Handsome Brady, Ghost Town, Gold Trail Hotel, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Locomotive, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Locomotive, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Flamingo, Knott's Berry Farm, Boston Public Library - undated
Flamingo, Knott's Berry Farm. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Disneyland, Boston Public Library - undated
Disneyland. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Wooden cart, Disneyland, Boston Public Library - undated
Wooden cart, Disneyland. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Jungle Cruise, Disneyland, Boston Public Library - undated
Jungle Cruise, Disneyland. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Swiss Family Treehouse, Disneyland, Boston Public Library - undated
Swiss Family Treehouse, Disneyland. Mitchell, Edmund L., 1905-1981, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Mission Garden, San Juan Capistrano, California, Boston Public Library - undated
Mission Garden, San Juan Capistrano, California. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
California Hotel, Fullerton, California, Boston Public Library - undated
California Hotel, Fullerton, California. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Cary's of Santa Ana, 2032 No. Main St. (U. S. 101), Santa Ana, Calif., Boston Public Library - undated
Cary's of Santa Ana, 2032 No. Main St. (U. S. 101), Santa Ana, Calif.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
El Don Motel, U. S. 101 (Santa Ana Freeway) Between Santa Ana and Anaheim, Cal., Boston Public Library - undated
El Don Motel, U. S. 101 (Santa Ana Freeway) Between Santa Ana and Anaheim, Cal.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
O. R. Haan Chrysler -- Plymouth, Boston Public Library - undated
O. R. Haan Chrysler -- Plymouth. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Airport obstruction chart, OC 377, John Wayne Airport-Orange County, Santa Ana, California, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 377, John Wayne Airport-Orange County, Santa Ana, California. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 6,464 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-12-19, scale 1:23600
1946-12-19, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-12-19, scale 1:23600
1946-12-19, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-01-16, scale 1:23600
1947-01-16, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-01-16, scale 1:23600
1947-01-16, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-01-16, scale 1:23600
1947-01-16, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1947-01-16, scale 1:23600
1947-01-16, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-26, scale 1:21660
1956-06-26, scale 1:21660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-06-01, scale 1:32000
1967-06-01, scale 1:32000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-06-01, scale 1:32000
1967-06-01, scale 1:32000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-06-01, scale 1:32000
1967-06-01, scale 1:32000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-06-01, scale 1:32000
1967-06-01, scale 1:32000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-12-19, scale 1:23600
1946-12-19, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1946-12-19, scale 1:23600
1946-12-19, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-07-10, scale 1:20000
1948-07-10, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-07-10, scale 1:20000
1948-07-10, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-07-10, scale 1:20000
1948-07-10, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1948-07-10, scale 1:20000
1948-07-10, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-07-10, scale 1:28400
1952-07-10, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-07-10, scale 1:28400
1952-07-10, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-07-10, scale 1:28400
1952-07-10, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-07-10, scale 1:28400
1952-07-10, scale 1:28400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-26, scale 1:21660
1956-06-26, scale 1:21660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-26, scale 1:21660
1956-06-26, scale 1:21660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-06-26, scale 1:21660
1956-06-26, scale 1:21660. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-07, scale 1:21670
1960-12-07, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-07, scale 1:21670
1960-12-07, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-14, scale 1:21670
1960-12-14, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1960-12-14, scale 1:21670
1960-12-14, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-02-28, scale 1:30000
1963-02-28, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-02-28, scale 1:30000
1963-02-28, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-02-28, scale 1:30000
1963-02-28, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-02-28, scale 1:30000
1963-02-28, scale 1:30000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-04-05, scale 1:21670
1966-04-05, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-04-05, scale 1:21670
1966-04-05, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-04-05, scale 1:21670
1966-04-05, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-04-16, scale 1:24000
1966-04-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-07-01, scale 1:136000
1968-07-01, scale 1:136000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-07-01, scale 1:136000
1968-07-01, scale 1:136000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-07-01, scale 1:136000
1968-07-01, scale 1:136000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-07-01, scale 1:136000
1968-07-01, scale 1:136000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-29, scale 1:32500
1970-04-29, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-29, scale 1:32500
1970-04-29, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-29, scale 1:32500
1970-04-29, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-04-29, scale 1:32500
1970-04-29, scale 1:32500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-01, scale 1:121070
1971-04-01, scale 1:121070. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-01, scale 1:121823
1971-04-01, scale 1:121823. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-01, scale 1:120607
1971-04-01, scale 1:120607. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-04-01, scale 1:120607
1971-04-01, scale 1:120607. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

94 stations, 44 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

248 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 30-1Anaheim Judicial Township: Anaheim city: Anaheim city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits, N. East; E. North; N. Los Angeles, N. Lemon, City limits
  • 30-2Anaheim city - That part Bounded by City limits; N. Lemon, N. Los Angeles; W. North; N. Palm
  • 30-3Anaheim city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits, N. Palm; W. North, City limits; City limits
  • 30-4Anaheim city - That part excluding St. Catherine Military Academy Bounded by W. North; N. Palm; W. Center, Lincoln Ave., City limits; City limits
  • 30-5St. Catherine Military Academy (In Anaheim city)
  • 30-6Anaheim city - That part Bounded by W. North; N. Los Angeles, W. Wilhelmina, N. Lemon; W. Sycamore; N. Palm
  • 30-7Anaheim city - That part Bounded by E. North, N. East, City limits; City limits; E. Sycamore, N. Orange, E. Wilhelmine; N. Los Angeles
  • 30-8Anaheim city - That part Bounded by E. Sycamore, City limits; City limits; City limits, Anaheim - Olive Rd., Center, E. Center; N. Olive
  • 30-9Anaheim city - That part Bounded by E. Wilhelmina; N. Orange, E. Sycamore, N. Olive; E. Center; N. Los Angeles
  • 30-10Anaheim city - That part Bounded by W. Sycamore, N. Lemon, W. Wilhelmina; N. Los Angeles; W. Center; N. Palm
  • 30-11Anaheim city - That part Bounded by Lincoln Ave., W. Center; S. Citron; W. Santa Ana, Manchester Ave., W. Broadway; City limits
  • 30-12Anaheim city - That part Bounded by W. Center; S. Los Angeles; W. Santa Ana; S. Citron
  • 30-13Anaheim city - That part Bounded by E. Center; S. Olive; E. Santa Ana; S. Los Angeles
  • 30-14Anaheim city - That part Bounded by E. Center, Center, Anaheim - Olive Rd.; City limits; City limits, E. Santa Ana; S. Olive
  • 30-15Anaheim city - That part Bounded by E. Santa Ana; City limits; City limits; S. Olive
  • 30-16Anaheim city - That part Bounded by W. Santa Ana, E. Santa Ana; S. Olive; E. Water, W. Water; S. Citron
  • 30-17Anaheim city - That part Bounded by W. Broadway, Manchester Ave., W. Santa Ana; S. Citron; City limits; City limits
  • 30-18Anaheim city - That part Bounded by W. Water; S. Lemon; City limits; S. Citron
  • 30-19Anaheim city - That part Bounded by W. Water, E. Water; S. Olive; City limits; S. Lemon
  • 30-20Seaside, unincorporated: Seaside, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Fort Ord Reservation boundary; Fort Ord Reservation boundary; Manzanita Ave., Noche Buena Ave., Pine Ave.; Del Monte Ave., Fort Ord Reservation boundary
  • 30-21Buena Park, unincorporated - That part Bounded by County line, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad; Grand Ave.; Orangethorpe Ave.; Hansen, County line
  • 30-22Cypress, unincorporated: Cypress, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Crescent Ave.; Miller; Lincoln Ave., Pacific Electric Railroad; Walker
  • 30-23Cypress, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Pacific Electric Railroad; Cypress Ave., Camp, Walker; Orange Ave.; Grindley, Lincoln Ave., Watson
  • 30-24Garden Grove, unincorporated: Garden Grove, unincorporated - That part excluding Garden Grove Sanitarium Bounded by Lampson Ave.; 9th, Garden Grove Blvd., Verano; Century Blvd., Garden Grove Blvd.; Nutwood
  • 30-25Garden Grove Sanitarium (In Garden Grove, unincorporated)
  • 30-26Garden Grove, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Garden Grove Blvd., Century Blvd., Verano; Pacific Electric Railroad, Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line
  • 30-27Stanton, unincorporated Bounded by Ball Rd.; Fern Ave. extended, Fern Ave., Southern Pacific Railroad, Court Ave. extended, Pacific Electric Railroad; Katella Ave.; Southern Pacific Railroad, Pacific Electric Railroad, Western
  • 30-28Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside Buena Park, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Buena Park) Bounded by County line; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line, Artesia; Stanton Ave., Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, County line
  • 30-29Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside the unincorporated places of Buena Park and Cypress (See separate maps for boundaries of Buena Park and Cypress) Bounded by County line; Hansen, Orangethorpe Ave., State Hwy. 171; State Hwy. 178, Halcan (Miller), Crescent Ave., Walker, Pacific Electric Railroad, Watson, Lincoln Ave., State Hwy. 178; County line
  • 30-30Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside Buena Park, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Buena Park) Bounded by Orangethorpe Ave.; State Hwy. 174, Anaheim city limits; State Hwy. 178; State Hwy. 171
  • 30-31Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside Buena Park, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Buena Park) Bounded by Orangethorpe Ave., Magnolia Ave., Judicial Township line; U.S. Hwy. 101, Anaheim city limits; State Hwy. 174
  • 30-32Anaheim Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line, State 178; Anaheim city limits, U.S. Hwy. 101, Judicial Township line
  • 30-33Anaheim Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Anaheim city limits, State 178; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line; U.S. Hwy. 101
  • 30-34Anaheim Judicial Township - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 178, Anaheim city limits; U.S. Hwy. 101, Katella Ave., Palm; W. Chapman Ave.; Euclid Ave.
  • 30-35Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside Stanton, unincorporated (Se separate map for boundaries of Stanton) Bounded by State Hwy. 178; Euclid Ave.; Ball Rd.; State Hwy. 171
  • 30-36BAnaheim Judicial Township - That part outside the unincorporated place of Stanton (See separate map for boundaries of Stanton) Bounded by Katella Ave.; State Hwy. 171; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line
  • 30-36AAnaheim Judicial Township - That part outside the unincorporated of places of Cypress and Stanton (See seperate maps for boundaries of Cypress and Stanton), excluding U.S. Naval Air Station (part) Bounded by State Hwy. 178, Grindley, Orange Ave., Walker, Capp, Pacific Electric Railroad, Lincoln Ave., State Hwy. 178; State Hwy. 171, Ball Rd., Western, Pacific Electric Railroad, Southern Pacific Railroad; Katella Ave., Judicial Township line; Judicial lbwnship line
  • 30-37U.S. Naval Air Station - That part in Anaheim Judicial Township (Remainder of U.S. Naval Air Station is in Seal Beach Judicial Township)
  • 30-38Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside Stanton, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Stanton) Bounded by Ball Rd.; Euclid Ave.; Katella Ave.; Pacific Electric Railroad, Court Ave. extended, Southern Pacific Railroad, Fern Ave., Fern Ave. extended
  • 30-39Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside Stanton, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Stanton) Bounded by Katella Ave.; Euclid Ave.; W. Chapman; Ave. State Hwy. 171
  • 30-40Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside Garden Grove, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Garden Grove) Bounded by W. Chapman Ave.; Euclid Ave., Lampson Ave., Nutwood; Garden Grove Blvd., Judicial Township line; State Hwy. 171
  • 30-41Anaheim Judicial Township - That part outside Garden Grove, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Garden Grove) Bounded by W. Chapman Ave., Palm, Katella Ave.; U.S. Hwy. 101, Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line; Pacific Electric Railroad, Verano, Garden Grove Blvd., 9th, Lampson Ave., Euclid Ave.
  • 30-42Brea Judicial Township: Brea city: Brea city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; E. Birch; S. Pomona Ave., N. Pomona Ave.
  • 30-43Brea city - That part Bounded by City limits; N. Pomona Ave., S. Pomona Ave., W. Birch, Walnut Ave.; Imperial Hwy.; City limits
  • 30-44Brea city - That part excluding county area entirely surrounded by This Enumeration District Bounded by Imperial Hwy., Walnut Ave., W. Birch; S. Pomona Ave.; City limits; City limits
  • 30-45Brea city - That part Bounded by E. Birch; City limits; E. Elm, Laurel Ave., Imperial Hwy.; S. Pomona Ave.
  • 30-46Brea city - That part Bounded by Imperial Hwy., Laurel Ave., E. Elm; City limits; City limits; S. Pomona Ave.
  • 30-47La Habra city: La Habra city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; E. Central Ave.; N. Hiatt
  • 30-48La Habra city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits, N. Hiatt; Central Ave., City limits; City limits
  • 30-49La Habra city - That part Bounded by W. Central Ave., E. Central Ave.; S. Aldrich, E. 2nd Ave., S. Cypress; City limits; City limits
  • 30-50La Habra city - That part Bounded by E. Central Ave., City limits; City limits; City limits; S. Cypress, E. 2nd Ave., S. Aldrich
  • 30-51Brea Judicial Township - That part east of State Hwy. 19 outside Brea city
  • 30-52Brea Judicial Township - That part including county area surrounded by Brea city Bounded by County line; State Hwy. 19, Brea city limits; Judicial Township line; U.S. Hwy. 101, La Habra city limits, U.S. Hwy. 101, La Habra city limits, U.S. Hwy 101, La Habra city limits, Hwy. 101
  • 30-53Brea Judicial Township - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 101 outside La Habra city
  • 30-54Fullerton Judicial Township: Fullerton city: Fullerton city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; E. Pioneer Ave., N. Cypress Ave., Pioneer, Ladera Vista Dr., Skyline Dr., N. Raymond Ave., E. Chapman Ave.; N. Harvard Ave., Brea Blvd., U.S. Hwy. 101 (Whittier Blvd.)
  • 30-55Fullerton city - That part Bounded by City limits; U.S. Hwy. 101 (Whittier Blvd.), Valencia Mesa Dr., La Mesa Dr., W. Valley View Dr., N. Carhart Ave., N. Basque Ave.; W. Commonwealth Ave., City limits; City limits
  • 30-56Fullerton city - That part Bounded by Valencia Mesa Dr.; N. Richman Ave., W. Valley View Dr., N. Nicholas Ave.; W. Malvern Ave.; N. Carhart Ave., W. Valley View Dr., La Mesa Dr.
  • 30-57Fullerton city - That part Bounded by Valencia Mesa Dr.; U.S. Hwy. 101 (Whittier Blvd.), N. Spadra Rd.; W. Malvern Ave.; N. Nicholas Ave., W. Valley View Dr., N. Richman Ave.
  • 30-58Fullerton city - That part Bounded by Brea Blvd.; N. Harvard Ave.; E. Chapman Ave.; N. Spadra Rd.
  • 30-59Fullerton city - That part Bounded by Skyline Dr., Ladera Vista Dr., Pioneer, N. Cypress Ave., E. Pioneer Ave.; City limits; E. Chapman Ave., S. Cypress Ave., E. Commonwealth Ave.; N. Raymond Ave.
  • 30-60Fullerton city - That part Bounded by E. Chapman Ave.; N. Raymond Ave.; E. Commonwealth Ave.; N. Yale Ave., E. Wilshire Ave., N. Princeton Ave.
  • 30-61Fullerton city - That part Bounded by E. Chapman Ave.; N. Princeton Ave., E. Wilshire Ave., N. Yale Ave.; E. Commonwealth Ave.; N. Lawrence Ave.
  • 30-62Fullerton city - That part Bounded by E. Chapman Ave.; N. Lawrence Ave.; E. Commonwealth Ave.; N. Spadra Rd.
  • 30-63Fullerton city - That part Bounded by W. Malvern Ave.; N. Spadra Rd.; W. Commonwealth Ave.; N. Highland Ave.
  • 30-64Fullerton city - That part Bounded by W. Malvern Ave.; N. Highland Ave.; W. Commonwealth Ave.; N. Richman Ave.
  • 30-65Fullerton city - That part Bounded by W. Malvern Ave.; N. Richman Ave.; W. Commonwealth Ave.; N. Woods Ave., W. Chapman Ave., N. Drake Ave.
  • 30-66Fullerton city - That part Bounded by W. Malvern Ave.; N. Drake Ave., W. Chapman Ave., N. Woods Ave.; W. Commonwealth Ave.; N. Basque Ave.
  • 30-67Fullerton city - That part Bounded by W. Commonwealth Ave., Brookhurst Rd., Valencia Dr.; S. Nicholas Ave.; City limits; City limits
  • 30-68Fullerton city - That part Bounded by W. Commonwealth Ave.; S. Highland Ave.; City limits, S. Nicholas Ave., Valencia Dr.; Brookhurst Rd.
  • 30-69Fullerton city - That part Bounded by W. Commonwealth Ave.; S. Spadra Rd., City limits; City limits; S. Highland Ave.
  • 30-70Fullerton city - That part Bounded by E. Commonwealth Ave.; S. Harvard Ave., City limits; City limits; S. Spadra Rd.
  • 30-71Fullerton city - That part Bounded by E. Commonwealth Ave., S. Cypress Ave., E. Chapman Ave.; City limits; City limits; S. Harvard Ave.
  • 30-72Placentia city: Placentia city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Chapman Ave.; City limits
  • 30-73Placentia city - That part Bounded by City limits, Chapman Ave.; City limits, Center, Main; Santa Fe Ave.; City limits
  • 30-74Placentia city - That part Bounded by Santa Fe Ave., Main, Center; City limits; City limits; City limits
  • 30-75Yorba Linda, unincorporated Bounded by Citrus Ave.; Lakeview Ave., Yorba Linda Blvd., Lakeview Ave.; Buena Vista Ave.; Richfield Rd., Yorba Linda Blvd., Casa Loma Ave.
  • 30-76Fullerton Judicial Township - That part north of State Hwy. 176 outside Yorba Linda, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Yorba Linda )
  • 30-77Fullerton Judicial Township - That part outside Yorba Linda, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Yorba Linda) Bounded by State Hwy. 176, Casa Loma Ave., Yorba Linda Blvd., Richfield Rd., Buena Vista Ave., Lakeview Ave., State Hwy. 176; Judicial Township line; State Hwy. 175; Carbon Canyon Creek, Judicial Township line
  • 30-78Fullerton Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Judicial Township line; Carbon Canyon Creek; Palm Dr., Placentia Ave., Pioneer Ave.; Fullerton city limits
  • 30-79Fullerton Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Pioneer Ave., Placentia Ave., Palm Dr.; Carbon Canyon Creek; State Hwy. 175; Judicial Township line, Fullerton city limits
  • 30-80Fullerton Judicial Township - That part south of State Hwy. 175
  • 30-81Huntington Beach Judicial Township: Huntington Beach city: Huntington Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Quiney; Lake Ave., 17th, Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 30-82Huntington Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; Southern Pacific Railroad, 17th, Palm Ave., 11th; Orange Ave.; 23rd
  • 30-83Huntington Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; 23rd, Orange Ave., 13th, 13th extended; City limits; City limits
  • 30-84Huntington Beach city - That part Bounded by Orange Ave.; Lake Ave., Lake Ave. extended; City limits; 13th extended, 13th
  • 30-85Huntington Beach city - That part Bounded by 17th; Lake Ave.; Orange Ave., 11th, Palm Ave.; 17th
  • 30-86Huntington Beach city - That part Bounded by Quincy; City limits; Indianapolis; Lake Ave.
  • 30-87Huntington Beach city - That part Bounded by Indianapolis; City limits; City limits; Lake Ave. extended, Lake Ave.
  • 30-88Midway City, unincorporated Bounded by Hazard Ave.; Cannery, Bolsa Ave., Newland; Sugar Ave.; Huntington Beach Blvd.
  • 30-89Silver Acres, unincorporated Bounded by Hazard Ave.; Verano; Bolsa Ave.; Wright
  • 30-90Westminster, unincorporated: Westminster, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Trask Ave. extended, Trask Ave.; Cannery; Hazard Ave.; Huntington Beach Blvd.
  • 30-91Westminster, unincorporated - That Bounded by Trask Ave.; Huntington Beach Blvd.; Hazard Ave.; Judicial Township line
  • 30-92Willowick, unincorporated Bounded by Hazard Ave., Harbor Blvd., Pacific Electric Railroad; Santa Ana River; Bolsa Ave.; Verano
  • 30-93AN/A
  • 30-93BN/A
  • 30-94AHuntington Beach Judicial Township - That part North of Talbert Ave. and east of Wright Bounded by Smeltzer Ave., Newman, Sugar Ave.; Santa Ana River; Talbert Ave.; Wright
  • 30-94BHuntington Beach Judicial Township - That part north of Talbert Ave. and east of Wright outside the unincorporated places of Silver Acres and Willowick (See separate maps for boundaries of Silver Acres and Willowick) Bounded by Bolsa Ave.; Santa Ana River; Sugar Ave., Newman, Smeltzer Ave.; Wright
  • 30-95Huntington Beach Judicial Township - That part outside Midway City, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Midway City) Bounded by Bolsa Ave., State Hwy. 183; Wright; Talbert Ave.; State Hwy. 171, Sugar Ave., Newland
  • 30-96Huntington Beach Judicial Township - That part outside the unincorporated places of Midway City and Westminster (See separate maps for boundaries of Midway City and Westminster) Bounded by Hazard Ave.; Huntington Beach Blvd., State Hwy. 171; Wintersburg Ave.; Golden West, Judicial Township line
  • 30-97Huntington Beach Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Judicial Township line; Golden West; Huntington Beach city limits, County line; Los Patos Ave. extended, Los Patos Ave., Algonquin, Wintersburg Ave., Bolsa Chica
  • 30-98Huntington Beach Judicial Township - That part excluding Naval Ammunition and Net Depot (part) Bounded by Judicial Township line; Bolsa Chica; Wintersburg Ave., Algonquin, Los Patos Ave. Coast Hwy., Judicial Township line
  • 30-99Naval Ammunition and Net Depot - That part in Huntington Beach Judicial Township (Remainder of Naval Ammunition and Net Depot is in Seal Beach city and Seal Beach Judicial Township)
  • 30-100Huntington Beach Judicial Township - That part east of Pacific Electric Railroad and west of Coast Hwy., and north of Los Patos Ave.
  • 30-101Huntington Beach Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Wintersburg Ave.; State Hwy. 171; Huntington Beach city limits; Golden West
  • 30-102Huntington Beach Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Talbert Ave.; Judicial Township line; Huntington Beach city limits; Huntington Beach city limits, State Hwy. 171
  • 30-103BLaguna Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Queda Way, Glenneyre; Ruby, Catalina, Diamond
  • 30-103ALaguna Beach city - That part Bounded by Glenneyre, Queda Way, city limits; City limits; City limits; Ruby
  • 30-104Laguna Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; Diamond, Catalina, Ruby; City limits; Bluebird Canyon Dr.
  • 30-105Laguna Beach bity - That part Bounded by Temple Ter., Mountain Rd., Santa Cruz; Bluebird Canyon Dr.; City limits; Thalia
  • 30-106Laguna Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits, Bluebird Canyon Dr.; Santa Cruz, Mountain Rd., Temple Ter., Thalia, Wilson, St. Ann's Dr., Park Ave., 3rd; Laguna Canyon Rd., City limits
  • 30-107Laguna Beach city - That part Bounded by 3rd, Park Ave., St. Ann's Dr., Wilson; Thalia; City limits; Laguna Ave. extended, Laguna Ave., Park Ave., 1st, Forest Ave.
  • 30-108Laguna Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; Laguna Canyon Rd., 3rd, Forest Ave., 1st, Park Ave., Laguna Ave., Laguna Ave. extended; City limits; Unnamed road, Cliff Dr., Aster, High Dr., Poplar
  • 30-109Laguna Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; Poplar, High Dr., Aster, Cliff Dr., Unnamed road; City limits; Myrtle, N. Coast Blvd., High Dr., Allview Ter.
  • 30-110Laguna Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits, Allview Ter., High Dr., N. Coast Blvd., Myrtle; City limits; City limits
  • 30-111ALaguna Beach Judicial Township - That part outside Laguna Beach city North of Aliso Creek
  • 30-111BLaguna Beach Judicial Township - That part south of Aliso Creek
  • 30-112Newport Beach Judicial Township: Newport Beach city: Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits; Narcissus Ave. extended, Narcissus Ave., Coast Blvd., Marguerite Ave.
  • 30-113Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; Marguerite Ave., Coast Blvd., Narcissus Ave., Narcissus Ave. extended; City limits; Heliotrope Ave. extended, Heliotrope Ave., Coast Blvd. Heliotrope Ave.
  • 30-114Newport Beach city - That part Bounded City limits; Heliotrope Ave., Coast Blvd., Heliotrope Ave., Heliotrope Ave. extended; Newport Bay, (Harbor Entrance); Newport Bay, Unnamed road, Bayside Dr., City limits
  • 30-115Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by Newport Bay; Newport Bay (Harbor Entrance); City limits; Adams extended, Adams, Bay Ave., Palm, Palm extended
  • 30-116Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits, Bayside Drive; Unnamed road, Newport Bay; Newport Bay; Onyx Ave. extended, Onyx Ave., Onyx Ave. extended
  • 30-117Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; Onyx Ave. extended, Onyx Ave., Onyx Ave. extended; Newport Bay; Diamond Ave. extended, Diamond Ave., Diamond Ave. extended
  • 30-118Newport Beach city - That part including Harbor Island Bounded by City limits; City limits; Balboa Island Channel; Newport Bay
  • 30-119Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by Balboa Island Channel; Diamond Ave. extended, Diamond Ave., Diamond Ave. extended; Newport Bay; Newport Bay
  • 30-120Newport Beach city - That part including Bay Island Bounded by Newport Bay; Palm extended, Palm, Bay Ave., Adams, Adams extended; City limits; 7th extended, 7th, Bay Ave., 7th, Newport Bay
  • 30-121Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by Newport Bay; 7th extended, 7th, Bay Ave., 7th, 7th extended; City limits; Newport Pier, McFadden Pl., Central Ave., 20th, 20th extended, Newport Bay
  • 30-122Newport Beach city - That part comprising Lido Isle
  • 30-123Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits, Newport Bay; Central Ave. extended, City limits
  • 30-124Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by Newport Bay; Newport Bay (West Lido Channel), 20th extended, 20th; Central Ave.; Central Ave.
  • 30-125Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits; Central Ave. extended, Central Ave., McFadden Pl., Newport Pier; City limits; 38th extended, 38th, River Ave., 43rd, The Rivo Alto, County Rd., City limits
  • 30-126Newport Beach city - That part Bounded by City limits, County Rd., The Rivo Alto, 43rd, River Ave.; 38th, 38th extended; City limits; City limits
  • 30-127AN/A
  • 30-127BN/A
  • 30-128Costa Mesa, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Victoria Harbor Blvd., Newport Ave., 15th, Newport Beach city limits; Newport Beach city limits; Judicial Township line
  • 30-129DN/A
  • 30-129CCosta Mesa, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Victoria; Newport Ave.; Harbor Blvd.
  • 30-129BCosta Mesa, unincorporated - That part Bounded by Broadway; Irvine Ave.; Newport Beach city limits, 15th; Newport Ave.
  • 30-129ACosta Mesa, unincorporated - That part Bounded by 22nd; Irvine Ave.; Broadway; Newport Ave.
  • 30-130Newport Beach Judicial Township - That part outside Newport Beach city and Costa Mesa, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of Costa Mesa)
  • 30-131Orange Judicial Township: Orange city: Orange city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Walnut Ave., Tustin, Palm Ave.; Shaffer
  • 30-132Orange city - That part Bounded by City limits; Shaffer; Palm Ave., Grand, Sycamore Ave.; Glassell
  • 30-133Orange city - That part Bounded by City limits; Glassell; Palm Ave., Lemon, Sycamore Ave.; Santa Fe Railroad
  • 30-134Orange city - That part Bounded by City limits; Santa Fe Railroad; Chapman Ave.; City limits
  • 30-135Orange city - That part Bounded by Sycamore Ave., Lemon, Palm Ave.; Glassell; Chapman Ave.; Santa Fe Railroad
  • 30-136Orange city - That part Bounded by Sycamore Ave., N. Grand, E. Palm Ave.; Shaffer; Chapman Ave.; Glassell
  • 30-137Orange city - That part Bounded by Palm Ave., Tustin, Walnut Ave.; City limits; Chapman Ave.; Shaffer
  • 30-138Orange city - That part Bounded by Chapman Ave.; City limits; City limits; Cambridge
  • 30-139Orange city - That part Bounded by Chapman Ave.; Cambridge; City limits; Shaffer
  • 30-140Orange city - That part Bounded by Chapman Ave.; Shaffer; Culver Ave., Center, Palmyra Ave.; Glassell
  • 30-141Orange city - That part Bounded by Chapman Ave.; Glassell; Almond Ave.; Santa Fe Railroad
  • 30-142Orange city - That part Bounded by City limits, Chapman Ave.; Santa Fe Railroad; Almond Ave., Main, City limits; City limits
  • 30-143Orange city - That part excluding Nazareth Motherhouse and St. Joseph Hospital, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange Bounded by Almond Ave.; Parker; City limits; City limits, Main
  • 30-144Nazareth Motherhouse and St. Joseph Hospital, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange (In Orange city)
  • 30-145Orange city - That part Bounded by Almond Ave.; Glassell; City limits; Parker
  • 30-146Orange city - That part Bounded by Palmyra Ave.; Center, Culver Ave., Shaffer, City limits; City limits; City limits, Glassell
  • 30-147Orange Judicial Township - That part north of Santa Ana River
  • 30-148AOrange Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Judicial Township line; State Hwy. 181; Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 30-148BOrange Judicial Township - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 178; State Hwy. 43; Orange city limits; State Hwy. 181
  • 30-149Orange Judicial Township - That part excluding Orange County Hospital Bounded by Southern Pacific Railroad; State Hwy. 181, Orange city limits, Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line
  • 30-150Orange County Hospital (In Orange Judicial Township)
  • 30-151Orange Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Orange city limits; Orange city limits; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line
  • 30-152Orange Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Orange city limits, State Hwy. 182; Newport Ave., Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line
  • 30-153Orange Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Anaheim Blvd.; Santiago Blvd., Irvine Park Blvd.; Orange Park Blvd.; State Hwy. 182; Orange city limits, State Hwy. 43
  • 30-154Orange Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Judicial Township line, Santa Ana River; County line, Black Star Canyon Rd., Santiago Rd., Santiago Canyon Rd., Mojeska Rd.; Judicial Township line; Newport Ave., State Hwy. 182, Orange Park Blvd., Irvine Park Blvd., Santiago Blvd., Anaheim Blvd., State Hwy. 43, State Hwy. 178, State Hwy. 181
  • 30-155Orange Judicial Township - That part Bounded by County line; County line; Judicial Township line; Mojeska Rd., Santiago Canyon Rd., Santiago Rd., Black Star Canyon Rd.
  • 30-156Orange Judicial Township - That part Bounded by County line; County line; Judicial Township line; Mojeska Rd., Santiago Canyon Rd., Santiago Rd., Black Star Caryor Rd.
  • 30-157San Clemente city - That part Bounded by City limits; Avenida Pico, Ranch Rd., Avenida La Cuesta, La Escondida, La Esperanza, El Monte, El Camino Real, Avenida Victoria, S. Calle Seville, Avenida Santa Barbara, Avenida Del Mar, Avenida Victoria, Beach Tunnel, Fishing Pier; City limits; City limits
  • 30-158San Juan Capistrano, unincorporated Bounded by North line of Section 1, T.8S.-R.8W., North line of Section 6, T.8S.-R.7W.; Unnamed road, Ortega Hwy., Unnamed stream; San Canada Chiquita Creek; Serra Creek
  • 30-159San Juan Judicial Township - That part east of U.S. Hwy. 101 outside San Clemente city and San Juan Capistrano, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of San Juan Capistrano), excluding Marine Corps Air Station (part)
  • 30-160Marine Corps Air Station - That part in San Juan Judicial Township (Remainder of Marine Corps Air Station is in Tustin Judicial Township)
  • 30-161San Juan Judicial Township - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 101 outside San Juan Capistrano, unincorporated (See separate map for boundaries of San Juan Capistrano)
  • 30-162Santa Ana Judicial Township: Santa Ana city: Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by 17th; Bush, Washington Ave., French; 4th; Main
  • 30-163Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by 17th; Main; Washington Ave.; Flower
  • 30-164Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Washington Ave.; Van Ness Ave., 6th, Parton; 5th; Olive, 6th, Garnsey, 8th, Garnsey, 10th, Flower
  • 30-165Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Washington Ave.; Ross, Halesworth, Riverine Ave., 6th, Ross; 4th; Parton, 6th, Van Ness Ave.
  • 30-166Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Washington Ave.; Broadway; 4th; Ross, 6th, Riverine Ave., Halesworth, Ross
  • 30-167Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by Washington Ave.; Main; 4th; Broadway
  • 30-168Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by 4th; French, 1st, Orange Ave., Pine, Maple; Myrtle, Orange Ave., Camile; Mein
  • 30-169Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by 4th; Main; Bishop; Broadway
  • 30-170Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by 4th; Broadway; 1st; Olive, 2nd, Parton
  • 30-171Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by 1st, Parton, Walnut; Ross; Camile, Parton, Bishop; Flower, Pine, Booth
  • 30-172Senta Ana city - That part of Ward 1 Bounded by 1st; Broadway; Camile; Ross, Walnut, Parton
  • 30-173Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits, Lincoln Ave.; Santa Clara Ave.; Main
  • 30-174Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Santa Clara Ave.; Santiago Ave.; 17th; Main
  • 30-175Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Santa Clara Ave., Lincoln Ave., City limits; City limits; 17th; Santiago Ave.
  • 30-176Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by 17th, City limits; City limits; 4th; Grand Ave.
  • 30-177Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by 17th; Grand Ave.; 4th; Southern Pacific Railroad
  • 30-178Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by 17th; Southern Pacific Railroad; Washington Ave.; Bush
  • 30-179Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Washington Ave.; Southern Pacific Railroad; Stafford; French
  • 30-180Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by Stafford; Southern Pacific Railroad; 4th; French
  • 30-181Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by 4th; Santa Fe; 1st; French
  • 30-182Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 2 Bounded by 4th; City limits; 1st; Santa Fe
  • 30-183Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by 1st; City limits; Chestnut Ave.; Evergreen
  • 30-184Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by 1st; Evergreen; Chestnut Ave.; Maple, Pine, Orange Ave.
  • 30-185Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Chestnut Ave.; City limits; McFadden; Maple
  • 30-186Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Camile, Orange Ave., Myrtle; Maple; McFadden; Main
  • 30-187Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Bishop; Main; Fairview Ave.; Broadway
  • 30-188Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Bishop, Parton, Camile; Broadway; Highland, Ross, Richland; Flower
  • 30-189Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Richland, Ross, Highland; Broadway; Fairview Ave.; Parton, Highland, Flower
  • 30-190Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by McFadden; Pacific Electric Railroad, City limits; Pomona; Main
  • 30-191Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by McFadden; City limits; City limits; Pacific Electric Railroad
  • 30-192Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits, Delhi Rd.; Pacific Electric Railroad
  • 30-193Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Pomona; City limits, Pacific Electric Railroad; Anahurst Pl.; Main
  • 30-194Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Anahurst Pl., Pacific Electric Railroad, Delhi Rd.; City limits; Central Ave.; City limits, Main
  • 30-195Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 3 Bounded by Central Ave.; City limits; City limits; City limits
  • 30-196Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 5th; Parton; 4th; Bristol
  • 30-197Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 4th; Parton; 2nd, Olive, 1st; Bristol
  • 30-198Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 5th; Bristol; 1st; Artesia
  • 30-199Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 5th; Artesia; 1st, Sullivan, City limits; City limits
  • 30-200Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 1st; Bristol; City limits; City limits, Sullivan
  • 30-201Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by 1st; Booth, Pine, Flower; Myrtle, Shelton, Chestnut Ave.; Bristol
  • 30-202Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Chestnut Ave., Shelton, Myrtle; Flower; Richland, Shelton, Highland; City limits, Bristol
  • 30-203Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Highland, Shelton, Richland; Flower, Highland, Parton; Fairview Ave.; City limits
  • 30-204Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Fairview Ave.; Flower, Wilshire Ave., Olive; Edinger; City limits
  • 30-205Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Fairview Ave.; Ross; Edinger; Olive, Wilshire Ave., Flower
  • 30-206Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Fairview Ave.; Main; Pomona; Parton, Edinger, Ross
  • 30-207Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Pomona; Main; City limits; Flower, St. Gertrudes Pl., Parton
  • 30-208Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 4 Bounded by Edinger; Parton, St. Gertrudes Pl., Flower; City limits; City limits
  • 30-209Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by City limits; City limits, Main; Santa Clara Ave., Broadway, North Park Blvd.; Flower, Fairhaven Ave., City limits
  • 30-210Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by North Park Blvd., Broadway, Santa Clara Ave.; Main; 17th; Jefferson Pl., 19th, Ross, Santa Clara Ave., Greenleaf
  • 30-211Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by North Park Blvd.; Greenleaf, Santa Clara Ave., Ross, 19th, Jefferson Pl.; 17th; Flower
  • 30-212Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by City limits, Fairhaven Ave.; Flower; 17th; City limits
  • 30-213Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by 17th; English, Washington Ave., Artesia, 8th, Western Ave.; 5th; City limits
  • 30-214Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by 17th; Bristol; 5th; Western Ave., 8th, Artesia, Washington Ave., English
  • 30-215Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by 17th; Flower; Washington Ave.; Bristol
  • 30-216Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by Washington Ave.; Flower; 10th, Towner, 8th; Bristol
  • 30-217Santa Ana city - That part of Ward 5 Bounded by 8th, Towner, 10th; Garnsey, 8th, Garnsey, 6th, Olive; 5th; Bristol
  • 30-218Santa Ana Judicial Township - That part outside Santa Ana city, excluding Naval Air Station (L.T.A.) (part)
  • 30-219Naval Air Station (L.T.A.) - That part in Santa Ana Judicial Township (Remainder of Naval Air Station is in Tustin Judicial Township)
  • 30-220Seal Beach Judicial Township: Seal Beach city: Seal Beach city - That part, excluding Naval Ammunition and Net Depot (part) Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits, Anaheim Landing Bay, Electric Ave., Bay Blvd., California State Hwy.; City limits
  • 30-221Naval Ammunition and Net Depot - That part in Seal Beach city (Remainder of Naval Ammunition and Net Depot is in Huntington Beach and Seal Beach Judicial Townships)
  • 30-222Seal Beach city - That part Bounded by California State Hwy.; Bay Blvd.; Electric Ave., California State Hwy., Pacific Electric Railroad; City limits
  • 30-223Seal Beach city - That part Bounded by Electric Ave.; Anaheim Landing Bay; City limits; Pier, Main
  • 30-224Seal Beach city - That part Bounded by Pacific Electric Railroad, California State Hwy., Electric Ave.; Main, City Pier; City limits; City limits
  • 30-225Seal Beach Judicial Township - That part Bounded by County line, Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line, Cerritos Ave., Los Alamitos Blvd., Southern Pacific Railroad, Chestnut, Florista, Walnut, Katella Ave., Los Alamitos Blvd., Garden Grove Blvd., Los Alamitos Blvd., Bay Blvd.; Seal Beach city limits; County line
  • 30-226Seal Beach Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Cerritos Ave. Touch Plate - Industry Fence, Reagan, Catalina, Cherry, Katella Ave., Lexington Dr.; Farquehar Ave.; Los Alamitos Blvd., Katella Ave., Walnut, Florista, Chestnut, Southern Pacific Railroad (abandoned), Los Alamitos Blvd.
  • 30-227Seal Beach Judicial Township - That part, excluding Naval Ammunition and Net Depot (part) and U.S. Naval Air Station (part) Bounded by Cerritos Ave., Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line, Garden Grove Blvd., Bolsa Chica; Judicial Township line; Seal Beach city limits, Bay Blvd., Los Alamitos Blvd., Garden Grove Blvd., Los Alamitos Blvd., Farquehar Ave., Lexington Dr., Katella Ave., Cherry, Catalina, Reagan, Touch Plate - Industry Fence
  • 30-228Naval Ammunition and Net Depot - That part in Seal Beach Judicial Township (Remainder of Naval Ammunition and Net Depot is in Seal Beach city and in Huntington Beach Judicial Township)
  • 30-229U.S. Naval Air Station - That part in Seal Beach Judicial Township (Remainder of U.S. Naval Air Station is in Anaheim Judicial Township)
  • 30-230Seal Beach Judicial Township - That part Bounded by Garden Grove Blvd., Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line; Judicial Township line; Bolsa Chica
  • 30-231Tustin Judicial Township: Tustin city: Tustin city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits; B, 3rd, A, 1st, California
  • 30-232Tustin city - That part Bounded by City limits; California, 1st, A, 3rd, B; City limits; City limits
  • 30-233Tustin Judicial Township - That part west of Newport Ave. and State Hwy. 43 outside Tustin city
  • 30-234Tustin Judicial Township - That part north of U.S. Hwy. 101, and east of Newport Ave., excluding Marine Corps Air Station (part)
  • 30-235Marine Corps Air Station - That part in Tustin Judicial Township (Remainder of Marine Corps Air Station is in San Juan Judicial Township)
  • 30-236Tustin Judicial Township - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 101, and east of Newport Ave. and State Hwy. 43 outside Tustin city, excluding Naval Air Station (L.T.A.) (part)
  • 30-237Naval Air Station (L.T.A.) - That part in Tustin Judicial Township (Remainder of Naval Air Station (L.T.A.) is in Santa Ana Judicial Township)
  • 30-238Huntington Beach Judicial Township - That part west of Pacific Electric Railroad and north of Los Patos Ave. and Los Patos Ave. extended

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,691 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,691 of them, burning about 138,925 acres. 18 started naturally and 299 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined802
Arson/incendiarism299
Equipment and vehicle use175
Smoking130
Recreation and ceremony107
Misuse of fire by a minor95
Debris and open burning47
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Fireworks3
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
15 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined30,305 acresCleveland National ForestFREEWAY
21 October 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined28,476 acresCleveland National ForestSANTIAGO
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined23,025 acresCleveland National ForestHOLY
26 October 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined12,466 acresOrange County Fire AuthoritySILVERADO
9 October 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined9,217 acresOrange County Fire AuthorityCANYON 2
2 December 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6,687 acresOrange County Fire AuthorityBOND
13 October 1997Debris and open burning6,317 acresCleveland National ForestBAKER
31 August 1998Natural6,000 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictJUNIPER

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1958 to 2026

60 of 393 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 393 reports for this county, causing 17 deaths, 67 injuries and about $162,349,600 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Flood80
Flash Flood58
Heavy Rain58
Thunderstorm Wind38
Funnel Cloud37
Tornado31
Rip Current24
Wildfire20
Hail13
Waterspout13
Debris Flow10
High Surf4
Lightning4
Storm Surge/Tide2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1998Flash FloodCountywide2 killed, 2 hurt, $29,700,000no account filed
February 2000Heavy RainHuntington Beach1 killed, 4 hurt, $300,000no account filed
August 1997Rip CurrentCorona Del Mar1 killed, 3 hurtSurf whipped up by Hurricane Guillermo pounded beaches in Orange County with waves from 6 to 12 feet high. Hundreds of people were rescued, but rip currents were blamed for three injuries and one death. On the fifth, a 19 year old man was swept away about a mile north of the Huntington Beach Pier. His body was recovered several days later. On the sixth, a teenage boy and girl were pummelled on a beach in Corona Del Mar. Another 18 year old was pulled ashore and sent to the hospital with neck injuries. In Newport Beach, lifeguards made nearly 300 rescues on the fifth and sixth alone.
March 2000HailTustin1 killed, $75,000no account filed
May 1999Rip CurrentNewport Beach1 killedA 28 year old Massachuetts man swimming with some friends near the jetty at 28th Street, drowned after getting caught in a rip current.
July 2003Rip CurrentHuntington Beach1 killedno account filed
July 2003Rip CurrentSunset Beach1 killedno account filed
June 2003Rip CurrentHuntington Beach1 killedno account filed
November 2002Rip CurrentHuntington Beach1 killedno account filed
May 2001Rip CurrentSunset Beach1 killedno account filed
September 2001Rip CurrentSeal Beach1 killedno account filed
August 2001Rip CurrentHuntington Beach1 killedno account filed
April 2000Rip CurrentSeal Beach1 killedno account filed
May 2000Rip CurrentNewport Beach1 killedno account filed
June 2000Rip CurrentNewport Beach1 killedno account filed
August 2000Rip CurrentNewport Beach1 killedno account filed
December 2008Heavy RainDisneyland14 hurt, $250,000Shortly after 0900 PST, the roof of a classroom partially collapsed due to heavy rain. Fourteen people, ages 17 to 50, were taken to the hospital with minor injuries.
February 1978Tornado (F3)not stated6 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
December 2002Rip CurrentHuntington Beach5 hurt, $20,000no account filed
March 1977Tornado (F1)not stated4 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
September 1997High SurfNewport Beach4 hurtHeavy Surf stirred up by Hurricane Linda, sent waves up to 18 feet high thundering into The Wedge at Newport Beach. Five people were swept off a jetty, and 300 yards out to sea, before being rescued by a passing boater. Four were injured, one critically, after nearly drowning.
July 2001Rip CurrentNewport Beach4 hurtno account filed
June 1999High SurfHuntington Beach3 hurt, $250,000Choppy seas and large swells capsized a 34 foot fishing boat. The crew of three men were rescued and suffered only minor injuries.
January 2001FloodGarden Grove3 hurtno account filed
November 1993Tornado (F0)Portola Hills2 hurt, $1,000A small tornado overturned a mobile home.
November 2002WildfireYorba Linda2 hurtno account filed
May 2000Rip CurrentHuntington Beach2 hurtno account filed
September 2000WildfireSan Clemente2 hurtno account filed
August 2000Rip CurrentHuntington Beach2 hurtno account filed
January 1993Tornado (F0)Lake Forest1 hurt, $5,000,000A tornado ripped through a residential section, tearing shingles from roofs, uprooting trees and scattering debris over a several block area. There was damage to 31 homes.
February 2003Heavy RainFullerton1 hurt, $150,000no account filed
July 2003Rip CurrentHuntington Beach1 hurtno account filed
January 2002WildfireTrabuco1 hurtno account filed
September 2001Rip CurrentCrystal Cove1 hurtno account filed
December 2010FloodSan Clemente$36,000,000Orange County officials estimate the total damages to public and private property at $36 million, due the 10+ of rain received by many areas. The city of Laguna Beach was certainly the hardest hit, making up approximately $12 million of the county's damages. Twelve miles of beaches in the county also had to be closed due to massive amounts of debris and pollution in storm runoff.
February 2005Heavy RainHuntington Beach$20,000,000no account filed
December 1997Flash FloodCentral Portion$17,700,000no account filed
January 2005Heavy RainFullerton$15,000,000no account filed
December 2010Flash FloodEmerald Bay$12,300,000Heavy rain caused extensive flooding in downtown Laguna Beach with up to 4 feet of water on Broadway Street. Stranded motorists were rescued. The water also swept mud through homes, businesses and streets in the city. Approximately 184 businesses, homes and structures were damaged by the flooding. Sewer pumps were also damaged, resulting in the closure of about 12 miles of Orange County beaches, due to the pollution and waste entered into the storm runoff.
February 1998FloodCountywide$4,290,000no account filed
October 1996WildfireLemon Heights$3,000,000no account filed
March 1986Tornado (F1)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
February 2002WildfireAnaheim$1,200,000no account filed
January 2001Flash FloodGarden Grove$1,000,000no account filed
February 1998Flash FloodNewport Beach$880,000no account filed
December 2021Flash FloodSilverado$800,000Reported 6 debris flows in Bond Fire scar and 4 in Silverado Canyon. Santiago Creek Road blockage from high water flows and mud. Jackson Creek Road flooded with mud and debris. Rainfall rates of up to 1.2 inches reported at Irvine Lake and Santiago Canyon site.
January 2010Tornado (EF1)Seal Beach$500,000A tornado formed off the coast of Sunset Beach in Orange County and moved Northeast. The tornado crossed Pacific Coast Highway just south of Anderson Street at 1257 PST and continued to move Northeast. A parked Ford Explorer was flipped on its side, and two 35 foot catamarans in the Huntington Harbour were lifted out of the water. One was lifted 50 feet in the air before landing on another vessel and a dock piling. The second was flipped over and landed 30 feet from its original position. There were multiple reports of roof damage, and a window in a residential building was blown in. A wind gust of 92 MPH was measured by a mesonet at the Huntington Beach Pier.
May 2008Flash FloodModjeska$500,000Heavy rain from a thunderstorm over the Santiago Burn Area triggered damaging debris flows in Modjeska Canyon. The lowest floor of a 2-story house was completely inundated with approximately 1000 cubic meters of debris flow material. Damage to this home was extensive. The yard of a nearby home was inundated with approximately 2500 cubic meters of debris flow material.
February 1994Tornado (F0)Newport Beach$500,000A tornado touched down at Newport Beach/Balboa Island vicinity and traveled nine miles to the Tustin Marine Corpse Base. During its course, it traveled parallel to Highway 55. Reports of many trees blown down, windows blown out, and roofs damaged.
January 2005Flash FloodPlacentia$500,000no account filed
December 1998Thunderstorm WindGarden Grove$450,000no account filed
January 2010Thunderstorm WindCosta Mesa$350,000As a line of thunderstorms moved through Orange County, a peak wind gust of 93 MPH was measured by the weather station at the Newport Beach Pier. Several wind gusts in excess of 70 MPH were also reported. Several boats in the Newport Beach Harbor broke free. In Costa Mesa, just inland from Newport Beach, a building in an industrial park on 17th Ave sustained moderate damage. Approximately two-thirds of the top layer of the roof blew off. Pieces of the roof, some as large as 15 feet long, trees, and other debris littered the parking lot. Across the street at a mobile home park, metal awnings were ripped off by the wind and pieces of wood were seen flying through the air. A few blocks away near the intersection of Harbor Blvd and Victoria Street, the strong winds blew open the door to a business and shattered a window.
January 2005Flash FloodYorba Linda$300,000no account filed
May 2002WildfireMission Viejo$250,000no account filed
February 2001Heavy RainCountywide$250,000no account filed
December 1992Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
January 2001Storm Surge/TideSeal Beach$240,000no account filed
May 2008Flash FloodModjeska$150,000Heavy rainfall from a thunderstorm over the Santiago Burn Area triggered flash flood and debris flows in Trabuco Canyon near O' Neill Regional Park. Live Oak Canyon Road was shut down after it was inundated with up to four feet of water. The mud and water rushed out of Trabuco Canyon and poured into Cook's Corner, a roadside biker bar at the intersection of Santiago Canyon and Live Oak Canyon roads. The bar was completely flooded and filled with mud.
December 2002FloodFountain Vly$150,000no account filed
November 2002FloodSan Juan Capistrano$150,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

128 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 128 workings inside this county. 29 still produce and 99 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sand and Gravel, Construction47
Clay35
Lead10
Gold7
Stone, Crushed/Broken5
Stone, Dimension4
Limestone, General4
Lead, Zinc, Silver2
Copper, Gold2
Gold, Silver2
Mercury2
Silver2
Zinc, Silver2
Gypsum-Anhydrite2

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aliso ProspectDiatomiteOccurrence
Blue Light MineLead, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Hicks Canyon ProspectFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Joker and Catherine ProspectGold, Copper, ZincProspect
Lucas Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GranitePast Producer
Platz QuarryKaolinProducer
Red Hill MineMercury, Barium-BaritePast Producer
San Juan Canyon ProspectUranium, ThoriumProspect
San Juan PitFeldsparPast Producer
Santa Ana PlantCalciumProducer
Santa Rosa Lead - ZincLead, ZincOccurrence
Sentinal OakGold, Silver, Lead, ZincProspect
WilhuntLead, Gold, Silver, Antimony, ZincPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
YaegerGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, ZincOccurrenceChalcopyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Yeager MinesLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
Acme MineSilver, LeadProspect
Blue LightLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerPyrite, Sphalerite
Gypsum Canyon DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Mission Viejo Sand PitSilicaProducer
Mission Viejo Sand PlantSilicaProducer
Newport Bay, Shellmaker, Inc.SaltPast Producer
Old Dominion MineLead, Zinc, SilverPast Producer
OrtegaLead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, GoldPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite
Quincy MineLead, Zinc, SilverProspect
Red Hill MineMercuryPast Producer1927
Salt PondsSaltPast Producer
Silverado-Santa RosaSilverProducer
Sycamore Canyon DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Unnamed ProspectLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Wilhunt MinesLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Capistrano DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Crestline QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
DepositStone, DimensionOccurrence
El Toro DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ladd Canyon DepositsLimestone, GeneralProspect
Red Rock ProspectStone, DimensionProspect
Susquehanna - Western Inc.Stone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed ProspectStone, DimensionProspect
Baker Ranch ExtensionStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bixby PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Orange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Los PinosGoldProspect
Santa Ana MinesGoldProspect
Shirley MineGoldProspect
Williams MineGoldProspect
Yvonne ClaimsGoldPast Producer
Bell Canyon ProspectClayOccurrence
Cal China PitClayUnknown
Califorina NonmetalicsClayProducer
Clay PitClayPast Producer
Claymont MinesClayPast Producer
ClaypitClayPast Producer
Crow Canyon PitClayPast Producer
Garber Brickk & Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Gladdin-Mcbean, North MineClayPast Producer
Gladding-Mcbean Co, South MineClayPast Producer
Gypsum Canyon PitClayProducer
Gypsum Canyon PitClayProducer
Ike Arnold Mine and Washing PlantClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irvine Shale MineClayOccurrence
La Bolsa Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Liston Clay PitClayProducer
Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Marine MineClayPast Producer
Mission Viejo Sand PlantClayProducer
Old North MineClayPast Producer
ProspectClayProspect
Rancho Mission Viejo QuarryClayProducer
Sand - Clay MineClayPast Producer
Sand - Clay MineClayPast Producer
Sand - Clay MineClayPast Producer
Sand - Clay MineClayPast Producer
Serrano MineClayPast Producer
Sierra MineClayPast Producer
Unnamed Caly ProspectClayOccurrence
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectClayProspect
Vitrefax Co Middle MineClayPast Producer
Vitrefrax CoClayPast Producer
Vitrefrax Co. South MineClayPast Producer
W A Schoeppe Clay CoClayProducer
Asbury El Toro, Ltd.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Blue Diamond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Capistrano PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Consolidated Rock Products Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cunningham and SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Toro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
El Toro PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
El Toro PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Garden Grove Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Huntington Beach Asphalt and RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Huntington Beach Plant Sully-MillerSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irvine Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irvine Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Irvine Lake Rock Plant # 71Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
L. O. SwartzbaughSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Habra Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindauer & SopnsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange County Brick & Tile Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange County Rock Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange Plant 14Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Owl PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R. J. Noble Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R. P. Mitchell PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
R.C. 1 Orange PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
San Juan Capistrano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
San Juan Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
San Juan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
San Juan PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Santa Ana Rock and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Santiago Aggregate, Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Santiago Canyon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sparks & Mcclelland PlantsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Star QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sully-Miller Contracting Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sully-Miller Contracting Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Trabuco Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yeager Rock Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every populated place in the county

208

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Orange County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.