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Paularino, California

47 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 92626. The Survey maps it on the Newport Beach quadrangle.

Paularino 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 Paularino, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Paularino, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 47 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

349 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 349 fires within 5 miles of Paularino between 2005 and 2020, burning about 250 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 60 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/undetermined225
Arson/incendiarism60
Smoking29
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning6
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Paularino: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Clay, Calcium. 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
Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Salt PondsSaltPast Producer
Santa Ana PlantCalciumProducer

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
South Santa Ana2.1 miles47
Santa Ana Heights2.2 miles47
Plaza Mobile Home Estates2.2 miles47
Dyer2.4 miles47
Thurin2.4 miles47
Costa Mesa Mobile Home Estates2.6 miles47
Ponderosa Mobile Home Park2.9 miles47
Tradewinds Trailer Village2.9 miles47

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.

Wikidata item Q122598692The 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 1765968. 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.