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Corona, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Corona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92882. It stands on Main Street Wash. The Survey maps it on the Corona North quadrangle. 157,136 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 679 feet above sea level.

Corona within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 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, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Corona, surveyed 1901

On record in Corona

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 6 records

Population over time

2 figures

Corona grew from 152,374 to 157,136 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.

YearPeople Change
2010152,374
2020157,136+4,762 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 38 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

564 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 564 fires within 5 miles of Corona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36,043 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 43 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/undetermined298
Equipment and vehicle use101
Arson/incendiarism43
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Recreation and ceremony26
Debris and open burning25
Smoking23
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2020Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresRiverside UnitWOODWARD AV NORC
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCLUBHOUSE DR NORC
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitRIVER
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionANDOVER ST HOMG
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside Unitnot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitGANNET ST / FIELDMASTER S
30 September 2010Debris and open burning100 acresRiverside UnitGROVEWOOD DR ELCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 109 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 109 workings within 5 miles of Corona: 79 past producers, 11 prospects, 11 producers, 6 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Big Basin Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Middlesworth Clay DepositClay, AluminumPast ProducerSedimentary
Molybdenite OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Collins ProspectCopperPast Producer
Corona Lead-ZincLead, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Corona Lead-Zinc MineLead, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Home GardensKyaniteOccurrence
Lane BrothersGranitePast Producer
Mt. Hole QuarriesStone, DimensionPast Producer
Sierra Grande QuarriesStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

23 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Corona in 23 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 9 wildfire, 6 heavy rain, 4 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
January 2005Heavy RainCorona$20,000,000no account filed
February 2005Heavy RainCorona$20,000,000no account filed
September 1999WildfireCorona$500,000A wild fire broke out in Tin Mine Canyon and burned towards subdivisions on the southwest side of Corona, destroying one house and damaging five others. Erratic winds then caused the fire to burn both towards the east, threatening additonal houses, and back towards the west up the canyons in the Cleveland National Forest. As September ended the fire was still uncontained, with 250 acres of brush and citrus groves burnt, and over 200 homes evacuated.
June 2001WildfireCorona$150,000no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodCorona$50,000no account filed
March 2004Heavy RainCorona$30,000no account filed
January 2005Flash FloodCorona$20,000no account filed
November 2003Flash FloodCorona$20,000no account filed
October 2016LightningCorona$6,000Multiple utility poles down, likely caused by frequent cloud to ground lightning.
February 2005Flash FloodCorona$5,000no account filed
February 2025Heavy RainCorona-A trained spotter reported a 24-hour period ending 02/14/2025 at 7:20 AM PST, with a total of 1.88 inches.
January 2023Heavy RainCorona-A retaining wall collapsed in Corona around 4:30 AM on January 16 resulting in twenty-four residents who had to evacuate their homes in nearby areas. One home was damaged immediately below the wall, and cracked the foundation above. Broadcast media reported that concrete blocks crashed down into adjacent properties, burying backyards and patios, and smashing through glass doors. Corona has received 1.5 to 3 inches of rain in the preceding 48 hours before the collapse.
January 2023FloodCorona-Public report of six inches of flowing water in the HOV lane on Highway 91.
December 2021Heavy RainCorona-CoCoRaHS station ca-rv-78 in Corona measures 3.17 inches of rain in past 24 hours.
December 2014Debris FlowCorona-A debris flow of rocks and mud several inches deep covered Highway 91 in Corona. All east-bound lanes were closed at 0200 PST.
October 1999WildfireCorona-On September 30 this fire destroyed citrus groves and one house, damaged another five houses, and forced the evacuation of 200 others. Fire fighters were able to keep it from consuming another $200 million in property damage. The fire was fully contained on October 2. A total of 450 acres burned.
April 2006HailCorona-no account filed
June 2003WildfireCorona-no account filed
June 2003WildfireCorona-no account filed
March 2002WildfireCorona-no account filed
July 2002WildfireCorona-no account filed
June 2001WildfireCorona-no account filed
September 2001WildfireCorona-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Riverside 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
Porphyry1.4 miles38
Pepper Corner1.8 miles39
Home Gardens2.4 miles38
El Cerrito3.3 miles39
Norco4.0 miles38
May4.2 miles43
La Sierra4.9 miles43
Weisel5.7 miles44

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 CoronaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q494707The 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 1652691. 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.