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.
Then and now
1904 to 1996The 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.


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
Hotel Del CoronadoNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971
Heilman Villaslisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 34 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.
- 1904 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1930 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Point Loma quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Point Loma quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1967 USGS Point Loma quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Point Loma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
154 since 2001Regional 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/undetermined | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 16 September 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 16 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego Molding Sand Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Rip Current | Coronado | 1 killed | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Rip Current | Coronado | 1 killed | no account filed |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Coronado | $25,000 | Broadcast 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Coronado | - | Trained spotter report of 6 inches of water flowing over a roadway 30 feet wide. Water was up to the bumpers of cars. |
| January 2024 | Flood | Coronado | - | 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 2020 | Funnel Cloud | Coronado | - | Coronado Lifeguards reported 2 funnel clouds/waterspouts off the coast of Coronado on March 19th. |
| December 2010 | Flash Flood | Coronado | - | 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 2008 | Funnel Cloud | Coronado | - | A trained weather spotter reported a funnel cloud southwest of Balboa Park. The exact location has been estimated. |
| August 2000 | Lightning | Coronado | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tent City (historical) | 0.8 miles | 34 | |
| Barrio Logan | 2.3 miles | 34 | |
| San Diego | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Sherman Heights | 2.8 miles | 34 | |
| Grant Hill | 2.9 miles | 34 | |
| Logan Heights | 3.0 miles | 34 | |
| Golden Hill | 3.3 miles | 34 | |
| Fort Rosecrans | 3.3 miles | 34 |
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 Coronado | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q828753 | 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 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.











