Canyon Lake, California
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Elsinore Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92587. It lies near Skippers Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Elsinore quadrangle. 11,082 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,385 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresCanyon Lake grew from 10,561 to 11,082 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 | 10,561 | |
| 2020 | 11,082 | +521 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 38 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Lake Elsinore quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1953 USGS Lake Elsinore quadrangle1:24000, 3 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
- 1974 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Lake Elsinore quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,628 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,628 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,307 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 124 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 | 816 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 349 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 141 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 124 |
| Smoking | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 28 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | MISSION TRL WILD |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SUN CITY BL MENI |
| 9 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | GOETZ |
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 9 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE-1415 |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | CATHEDRAL PEAK RD MENI |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | EUCALYPTUS AV LELS |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | SERPENS CT MENI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 66 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 66 workings within 5 miles of Canyon Lake: 22 past producers, 22 prospects, 12 occurrences, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Tin, Slate, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Flag and Monarch Mines | Tin, Cobalt, Nickel | Unknown | ||
| Best Ranch Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Best Ranch Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Bundy-Murrieta Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Electric Copper and Gold | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Electric Copper and Gold Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Palisades Group | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Palisades Group | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Shining Star Group | Arsenic, Gold, Iron | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quail Valley | 2.1 miles | 35 | |
| Lake Elsinore | 3.1 miles | 38 | |
| Sedco Hills | 3.1 miles | 38 | |
| North Elsinore | 3.5 miles | 38 | |
| Sun City | 4.4 miles | 35 | |
| Lakeland Village | 4.9 miles | 38 | |
| Good Hope | 5.5 miles | 40 | |
| Terra Cotta | 5.5 miles | 38 |
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 Canyon Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q656378 | 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 1668254. 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.














