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Dana Point, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the South Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92629. It stands on San Juan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dana Point quadrangle. 33,107 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 144 feet above sea level.

Dana Point within Orange County

Then and now

1902 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dana Point, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Dana Point, surveyed 1902

On record in Dana Point

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Dana Point fell from 33,351 to 33,107 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
201033,351
202033,107-244 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

54 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Dana Point between 1994 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 17 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
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
5 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
28 August 2012Smokingunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
23 August 1994Arson/incendiarism350 acresSan Bernardino National ForestWATERMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Dana Point: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Capistrano PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Capistrano DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Crestline QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

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
Capistrano Beach1.4 miles32
Three Arch Bay2.4 miles32
San Juan Capistrano3.0 miles37
South Laguna3.3 miles37
Laguna Niguel3.9 miles37
San Clemente5.3 miles30
Rancho Mission Viejo5.9 miles42
Top of the World6.4 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 Dana PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q852638The 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 1656474. 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.