Aguanga, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92536. It stands on Tule Creek. The Survey maps it on the Aguanga quadrangle. 989 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,955 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresAguanga fell from 1,128 to 989 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,128 | |
| 2020 | 989 | -139 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 35 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.
- 1903 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Palomar Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Aguanga quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 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
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Aguanga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
164 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Aguanga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,046 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 14 were 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 | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | CEMENT |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | CROSLEY |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Riverside Unit | HY 79 S/ SAGE RD |
| 6 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | AGUANGA |
| 6 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | GOLDEN |
| 29 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Riverside Unit | COTTONWOOD FIRE |
| 29 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Aguanga: 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lang Silica Deposit | Quartz, Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Aguanga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Shamrock Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aguanga in 5 storm reports between 2003 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 wildfire, 1 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Aguanga | $5,000 | High waters sent flows over the roadway near the intersection of State Routes 79 and 371. Vehicles were trapped in rocks and debris and the roadway was closed by CHP at 1320PST. |
| August 2025 | Debris Flow | Aguanga | - | Rocks and debris reported along Sage Rd at Highway 79 and along Sage Rd between Lewis Rd and Cottonwood School. |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Aguanga | - | A 12 hour rainfall report from the public of 0.72 inches of rainfall in Palm Desert. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Aguanga | - | An NWS employee reported a flash flood on Highway 79 in Aguanga leaving 1 foot of mud on the roads. Crews were still cleaning up mud the following day. |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Aguanga | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radec | 3.0 miles | 33 | |
| Butterfield Lake Estates | 5.8 miles | 33 | |
| Glenoak Hills | 9.0 miles | 40 | |
| Cahuilla | 9.3 miles | 38 | |
| Glenoaks Country | 9.7 miles | 36 | |
| Sage | 10.2 miles | 40 | |
| Valle de los Caballos | 10.9 miles | 36 | |
| Sycamore Hills | 11.5 miles | 40 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Aguanga | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476194 | 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 269448. 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.
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.











