BlockBefore

Peralta Hills, California

46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92807. It lies near Burruel Point. The Survey maps it on the Orange quadrangle.

Peralta Hills 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 Peralta Hills, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Peralta Hills, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 46 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

93 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Peralta Hills between 2002 and 2020, burning about 30,906 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 22 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/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Debris and open burning1

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
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
27 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 August 2006Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 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

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Peralta Hills: 17 past producers, 6 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Garber Brickk & Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Bixby PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Orange QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Blue Diamond PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Consolidated Rock Products Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cunningham and SonSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irvine Lake PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

3 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peralta Hills in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2020: 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
March 2016Thunderstorm WindPeralta Hills$12,000Thunderstorm wind gusts knocked down a 100ft. chain link fence and uprooted a tree about 3 in circumference. A broken tree branch shattered the back window of an SUV.
December 2020FloodPeralta Hills-Standing water of approximately 2.5 feet in lanes at Route 55 and Route 91 connector reported by CalTrans.
April 2020FloodPeralta Hills-Flooding in lanes 3 and 4 on Hwy 55 near Yorba Linda.

Every storm 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
Cerro Villa Heights1.4 miles46
Yorba1.5 miles46
Olive1.6 miles46
Atwood1.6 miles46
Richfields1.6 miles46
Villa Park2.1 miles46
Friendly Village of Anaheim2.1 miles46
Anaheim Hills2.1 miles46

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661212. 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.