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Leucadia, California

50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92024. The Survey maps it on the Encinitas quadrangle.

Leucadia within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Leucadia, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Leucadia, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 50 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

41 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Leucadia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 923 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
18 August 1993Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresSan Diego UnitFORTUNA
16 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
8 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
29 July 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Diego UnitMT. WHITNEY
25 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitDEL RIO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Leucadia: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
California Salt Co.SaltPast Producer
Evans Point DepositStonePast Producer
Kelly Ranch MineStone, DimensionPast Producer
Moonlight Beach DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Ponto Beach DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ponto Beach Deposit AbizaidStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gladding Mcbean & Co. MineClayPast Producer
Huchting Ranch DepositClayOccurrence
Kelly Ranch MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

3 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Leucadia in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2004Flash FloodLeucadia$20,000no account filed
March 2023Thunderstorm WindLeucadia$1,000A large tree was downed, resulting in a power outage.
November 2025FloodLeucadia-Trained spotter reported at least 4-5 inches of water covering North Vulcan Ave, north of Leucadia Boulevard.

Every storm recorded in San Diego 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
Encinitas2.2 miles50
La Costa2.5 miles50
Cardiff-by-the-Sea3.4 miles50
Olivenhain3.9 miles43
Farr4.5 miles48
Solana Beach5.6 miles22
Eden Gardens6.1 miles22
Rancho Santa Fe6.3 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656562. 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.

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.