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Canyon Acres, California

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92651. It lies near Temple Hill. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Beach quadrangle.

Canyon Acres within Orange County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Canyon Acres, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Canyon Acres, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

On record in Canyon Acres

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 44 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

65 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Acres between 1994 and 2020, burning about 190 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
15 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
12 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2012Smokingunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
20 August 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 August 2012Smokingunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
19 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Canyon Acres: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Aliso ProspectDiatomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canyon Acres in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2023Thunderstorm WindCanyon Acres$1,000Public report of 1-inch tree limbs broken and roof shingles blown off.

Every storm recorded in Orange County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Laguna Beach0.9 miles44
Top of the World1.0 miles44
Emerald Bay1.9 miles44
Aliso Viejo2.5 miles37
South Laguna3.9 miles37
Crystal Cove4.0 miles44
Laguna Niguel4.0 miles37
Newport Coast4.6 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660431. 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.