Agra, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Camp Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92672. It lies near Horno Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Las Pulgas Canyon quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 27 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1902 USGS Capistrano quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1906 USGS Capistrano quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS San Juan Capistrano quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Onofre Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS San Onofre Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS San Onofre Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Agra between 1996 and 2020, burning about 24,880 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,846 acres | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | HORNO |
| 29 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | SAN MATEO |
| 29 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 21 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 20 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 29 April 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,025 acres | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | GRENADE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Agra in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Flood | Agra | - | CalTrans report of flooding near I-5 South and Las Pulgas Canyon Road. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Agra | - | A severe squall produced 60-70 mph wind gusts over northern Camp Pendleton. A peak gust of 70 mph was measured at Mateo Ridge with an additional 64 mph gust recorded at Case Springs. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don (historical) | 1.9 miles | 35 | |
| Las Flores | 4.1 miles | 35 | |
| San Onofre | 5.1 miles | 30 | |
| Stuart | 7.1 miles | 35 | |
| Chappo | 7.8 miles | 35 | |
| Ysidora (historical) | 8.8 miles | 35 | |
| Jofegan | 9.0 miles | 35 | |
| Ysidora | 9.0 miles | 46 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q17139499 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660234. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.
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.













