Rancho Mission Viejo, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mission Viejo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92694. It lies near Cañada Chiquita. The Survey maps it on the Canada Gobernadora quadrangle.

Rancho Mission Viejo within Orange County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rancho Mission Viejo, surveyed 1997

Topographic sheet of Rancho Mission Viejo, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 42 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.

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 Santiago Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Canada Gobernadora quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1949 USGS Canada Gobernadora 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 Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Canada Gobernadora quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
1974 USGS Canada Gobernadora quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
1997 USGS Canada Gobernadora quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

65 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Mission Viejo between 1994 and 2017, burning about 3,078 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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	22
Arson/incendiarism	17
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Smoking	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Natural	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
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
7 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
6 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	98 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
5 September 2010	Smoking	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
4 September 2001	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Cleveland National Forest	LUCAS
22 September 2010	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
5 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
3 August 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Orange County Fire Authority	not named
3 August 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Orange County Fire Authority	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Mission Viejo: 11 past producers, 8 producers, 2 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
San Juan Pit	Feldspar	Past Producer
Capistrano Deposit	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Crestline Quarry	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Mission Viejo Sand Pit	Silica	Producer
Mission Viejo Sand Plant	Silica	Producer
Capistrano Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
San Juan Capistrano Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
San Juan Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
San Juan Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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 Juan Capistrano	2.9 miles	37
Ladera Ranch	3.2 miles	37
Galivan	4.2 miles	37
Las Flores	4.3 miles	37
Laguna Niguel	4.7 miles	37
Capistrano Beach	5.2 miles	32
Coto De Caza	5.6 miles	42
Mission Viejo	5.8 miles	37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805273. 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.