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Coronado, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92118. It lies near North Island. The Survey maps it on the Point Loma quadrangle. 20,192 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 16 feet above sea level.

Coronado within San Diego County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Coronado, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Coronado, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

On record in Coronado

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 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

154 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Coronado between 2001 and 2020, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. 28 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/undetermined95
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning11
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
16 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2008Missing 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 San Diego 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 Coronado: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
San Diego Molding Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

9 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coronado in 9 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 3 flash flood, 2 rip current, 2 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2000Rip CurrentCoronado1 killedno account filed
August 2000Rip CurrentCoronado1 killedno account filed
December 2018Flash FloodCoronado$25,000Broadcast media reported that the Alpha Project Bridge Shelter in East Village San Diego closed for a week due to flooding from the heavy rain.
January 2024Flash FloodCoronado-Trained spotter report of 6 inches of water flowing over a roadway 30 feet wide. Water was up to the bumpers of cars.
January 2024FloodCoronado-Village Elementary School on Coronado had floodwater several inches deep occur indoors. County officials evacuated students around midday from the ground floor to upstairs classrooms. At least 16 businesses on Orange Avenue sustained flood damage. The PAWS of Coronado animal shelter was flooded, and animals were removed from the garage and transported to other locations. Sewer systems were severely impacted, and residents in the County Club area were urged to not conduct any activity that would discharge water into the drainage system.
March 2020Funnel CloudCoronado-Coronado Lifeguards reported 2 funnel clouds/waterspouts off the coast of Coronado on March 19th.
December 2010Flash FloodCoronado-Street flooding in Coronado. Both Northbound lanes on Orange Avenue have 3 to 4 inches of water on the roadway. There was 6 to 7 inches of water on 1st Street near the ferry landing as well.
March 2008Funnel CloudCoronado-A trained weather spotter reported a funnel cloud southwest of Balboa Park. The exact location has been estimated.
August 2000LightningCoronado-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Diego 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
Tent City (historical)0.8 miles34
Barrio Logan2.3 miles34
San Diego2.5 miles34
Sherman Heights2.8 miles34
Grant Hill2.9 miles34
Logan Heights3.0 miles34
Golden Hill3.3 miles34
Fort Rosecrans3.3 miles34

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 CoronadoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q828753The 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 1660513. 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.