Coto De Caza, California
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mission Viejo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92679. The Survey maps it on the Canada Gobernadora quadrangle. 14,710 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 709 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresCoto De Caza fell from 14,866 to 14,710 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 14,866 | |
| 2020 | 14,710 | -156 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 42 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.
- 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 Santiago Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Canada Gobernadora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Canada Gobernadora 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 Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Canada Gobernadora quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1974 USGS Canada Gobernadora quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Canada Gobernadora quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Coto De Caza between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,767 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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 | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | LIVEOAK |
| 4 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | LUCAS |
| 30 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | CAL TRANS |
| 30 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | CARRILLO |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | POOL |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | DOVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Coto De Caza: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks Canyon Prospect | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Lucas Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Ike Arnold Mine and Washing Plant | Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| San Juan Capistrano Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bell Canyon Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Cal China Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Califorina Nonmetalics | Clay | Producer | ||
| Crow Canyon Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Liston Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Prospect | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trabuco Highlands | 1.3 miles | 42 | |
| Dove Canyon | 2.2 miles | 37 | |
| Las Flores | 2.4 miles | 37 | |
| Rancho Santa Margarita | 2.7 miles | 37 | |
| Ladera Ranch | 3.5 miles | 37 | |
| Robinson Ranch | 3.5 miles | 37 | |
| Trabuco Canyon | 4.0 miles | 37 | |
| Rancho Trabuco | 4.1 miles | 37 |
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 Coto De Caza | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2182879 | 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 1867008. 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.















