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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.

Corona del Mar 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 Corona del Mar, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Corona del Mar, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

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

82 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined43
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning2

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
8 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
3 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
15 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
8 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 August 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 August 2010Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Newport Bay, Shellmaker, Inc.SaltPast Producer
Salt PondsSaltPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

2 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1997Rip CurrentCorona Del Mar1 killed, 3 hurtSurf 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 2017FloodCorona 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.

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
Balboa Island1.2 miles46
Balboa1.5 miles46
Newport Coast1.8 miles44
San Joaquin Hills2.1 miles44
Crystal Cove2.3 miles44
Bay Shores2.3 miles46
Lido Isle2.4 miles46
Newport Heights3.0 miles46

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.