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South Laguna, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the South Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92651. It stands on Aliso Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Juan Capistrano quadrangle.

South Laguna within Orange County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Laguna, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of South Laguna, surveyed 1901

On record in South Laguna

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 37 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

62 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of South Laguna between 1994 and 2020, burning about 189 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
22 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2005Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
5 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2012Smokingunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
22 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Three Arch Bay0.9 miles32
Laguna Niguel2.4 miles37
Dana Point3.3 miles32
Top of the World3.3 miles44
Laguna Beach3.6 miles44
Canyon Acres3.9 miles44
San Juan Capistrano4.3 miles37
Aliso Viejo4.5 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661473. 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.