Corona del Mar, California
44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92625. It stands on Buck Gully. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1896 to 1983The 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.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 44 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.
- 1896 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Corona quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Laguna Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Laguna Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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 Laguna Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Laguna Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
82 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Corona del Mar between 2005 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 15 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Corona del Mar: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newport Bay, Shellmaker, Inc. | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Salt Ponds | Salt | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corona del Mar in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2017: 1 rip current, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. 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 1997 | Rip Current | Corona Del Mar | 1 killed, 3 hurt | Surf 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. |
| January 2017 | Flood | Corona Del Mar | - | Minor street flooding from Newport Beach to Fountain Valley. A tree was uprooted near the Orange County Fairgrounds, likely due to a combination of saturated soil and gusty winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balboa Island | 1.2 miles | 46 | |
| Balboa | 1.5 miles | 46 | |
| Newport Coast | 1.8 miles | 44 | |
| San Joaquin Hills | 2.1 miles | 44 | |
| Crystal Cove | 2.3 miles | 44 | |
| Bay Shores | 2.3 miles | 46 | |
| Lido Isle | 2.4 miles | 46 | |
| Newport Heights | 3.0 miles | 46 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660512. 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.
















