BlockEmerald Bay, California
44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92651. It lies near Emerald Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1896 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1896 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 44 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.
- 1896 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 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 Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Laguna Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Laguna Beach 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 Laguna Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Laguna Beach quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Emerald Bay between 2005 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 15 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 August 2018 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 1 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emerald Bay in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2010 | Flash Flood | Emerald Bay | $12,300,000 | Heavy rain caused extensive flooding in downtown Laguna Beach with up to 4 feet of water on Broadway Street. Stranded motorists were rescued. The water also swept mud through homes, businesses and streets in the city. Approximately 184 businesses, homes and structures were damaged by the flooding. Sewer pumps were also damaged, resulting in the closure of about 12 miles of Orange County beaches, due to the pollution and waste entered into the storm runoff. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laguna Beach | 1.6 miles | 44 | |
| Canyon Acres | 1.9 miles | 44 | |
| Crystal Cove | 2.3 miles | 44 | |
| Top of the World | 2.9 miles | 44 | |
| Newport Coast | 3.4 miles | 44 | |
| San Joaquin Hills | 4.3 miles | 44 | |
| Aliso Viejo | 4.4 miles | 37 | |
| Corona del Mar | 4.6 miles | 44 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660618. 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.
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.