San Onofre, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Camp Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92672. It stands on San Onofre Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Clemente quadrangle.
Then and now
1902 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1902 USGS Capistrano quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1906 USGS Capistrano quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS San Juan Capistrano quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Clemente quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS San Clemente quadrangle1:24000
- 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 San Clemente quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1974 USGS San Clemente quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of San Onofre between 1995 and 2020, burning about 29,430 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 6 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | GORDON |
| 31 August 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 15 August 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 14 August 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of San Onofre: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susquehanna - Western Inc. | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Camp Pendleton Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Camp Pendleton Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| San Clemente Project | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Onofre in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 2 wildfire, 2 rip current, 1 waterspout, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 12 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2003 | Rip Current | San Onofre | 1 killed | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Rip Current | San Onofre | 12 hurt, $80,000 | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | San Onofre | $45,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Heavy Rain | San Onofre | $20,000 | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Wildfire | San Onofre | - | About 1000 acres were burned over a two day period on a U.S.M.C. Camp Pendleton weapons firing range. |
| October 1999 | Wildfire | San Onofre | - | Dry conditions and moderate easterly breezes caused a wild fire to grow to 2200 acres on the U.S.M.C. Camp Pendleton weapons firing range before it was fully contained. |
| March 1998 | Waterspout | San Onofre | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agra | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| Don (historical) | 7.0 miles | 35 | |
| Las Flores | 9.2 miles | 35 | |
| Stuart | 12.1 miles | 35 | |
| Chappo | 12.7 miles | 35 | |
| Jofegan | 13.6 miles | 35 | |
| De Luz | 13.7 miles | 36 | |
| Ysidora (historical) | 13.9 miles | 35 |
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 Q122547196 | The 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 1661390. 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.














