La Costa, California
50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Oceanside-Escondido census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92009. It stands on San Marcos Creek. The Survey maps it on the Encinitas quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 50 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.
- 1893 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1901 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Encinitas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Encinitas 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 Encinitas quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Encinitas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of La Costa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 960 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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 | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | ELISO |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | San Diego Unit | HORIZON |
| 3 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | MEADOWLARK |
| 20 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 10 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of La Costa: 12 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California Salt Co. | Salt | Past Producer | ||
| Encinitas | Copper, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Evans Point Deposit | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly Ranch Mine | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Moonlight Beach Deposit | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Ponto Beach Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dorothy and Pearl Claims | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Encinitas Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Gladding Mcbean & Co. Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Kelly Ranch Mine | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leucadia | 2.5 miles | 50 | |
| Olivenhain | 3.5 miles | 43 | |
| Lake San Marcos | 3.9 miles | 40 | |
| Encinitas | 4.0 miles | 50 | |
| Farr | 4.3 miles | 48 | |
| Cardiff-by-the-Sea | 4.9 miles | 50 | |
| Ocean Hills | 5.1 miles | 48 | |
| Elfin Forest | 5.5 miles | 43 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1951398. 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.
















