Newport Coast, California

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Central Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92657. It lies near Pelican Hill. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Beach quadrangle.

Newport Coast within Orange County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Newport Coast, surveyed 1983

Topographic sheet of Newport Coast, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 44 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.

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

57 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Newport Coast between 2005 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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	23
Arson/incendiarism	16
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Smoking	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Debris and open burning	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
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
21 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
15 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
8 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Orange County Fire Authority	not named
8 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
7 August 2018	Misuse of fire by a minor	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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Newport Coast: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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
	Newport Bay, Shellmaker, Inc.	Salt	Past Producer
	Salt Ponds	Salt	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
San Joaquin Hills	1.1 miles	44
Crystal Cove	1.4 miles	44
Corona del Mar	1.8 miles	44
Balboa Island	2.9 miles	46
Balboa	3.2 miles	46
Emerald Bay	3.4 miles	44
Bay Shores	4.0 miles	46
Lido Isle	4.2 miles	46

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2413651. 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.