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Ladera Ranch, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Mission Viejo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92694. It lies near Tijeras Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Capistrano quadrangle. 26,170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 404 feet above sea level.

Ladera Ranch within Orange County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ladera Ranch, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Ladera Ranch, surveyed 1901

Population over time

2 figures

Ladera Ranch grew from 22,980 to 26,170 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
201022,980
202026,170+3,190 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 37 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

135 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Ladera Ranch between 1994 and 2020, burning about 3,041 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism44
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined98 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2010Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ladera Ranch: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
El Toro DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Capistrano DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Crow Canyon PitClayPast Producer
ProspectClayProspect
Capistrano PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
San Juan Capistrano PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trabuco Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Las Flores1.3 miles37
Galivan2.0 miles37
Mission Viejo2.8 miles37
Rancho Mission Viejo3.2 miles42
Coto De Caza3.5 miles42
Trabuco Highlands4.8 miles42
Aliso Viejo4.9 miles37
San Juan Capistrano5.0 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 Ladera RanchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3313468The 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 1852155. 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.