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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.

Coto De Caza within Orange County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Coto De Caza, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Coto De Caza, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Coto 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.

YearPeople Change
201014,866
202014,710-156 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 42 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

88 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined35
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestLIVEOAK
4 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestLUCAS
30 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestCAL TRANS
30 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCleveland National ForestCARRILLO
3 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestPOOL
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestDOVE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hicks Canyon ProspectFire Clay (Refractory)Occurrence
Lucas Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GranitePast Producer
Ike Arnold Mine and Washing PlantClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
San Juan Capistrano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bell Canyon ProspectClayOccurrence
Cal China PitClayUnknown
Califorina NonmetalicsClayProducer
Crow Canyon PitClayPast Producer
Liston Clay PitClayProducer
ProspectClayProspect

Every working 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
Trabuco Highlands1.3 miles42
Dove Canyon2.2 miles37
Las Flores2.4 miles37
Rancho Santa Margarita2.7 miles37
Ladera Ranch3.5 miles37
Robinson Ranch3.5 miles37
Trabuco Canyon4.0 miles37
Rancho Trabuco4.1 miles37

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 CazaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2182879The 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.