Sugar, California

47 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the North Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92647. The Survey maps it on the Newport Beach quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Sugar 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 Sugar (historical), surveyed 1983

Topographic sheet of Sugar (historical), 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.

1896 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1901 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
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
1932 USGS Newport Beach quadrangle1:31680
1935 USGS Newport Beach quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1942 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Newport Beach quadrangle1:24000
1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1951 USGS Newport Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Newport Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1974 USGS Costa Mesa quadrangle1:24000
1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

322 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 322 fires within 5 miles of Sugar (historical) between 1998 and 2020, burning about 7,081 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 42 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	177
Arson/incendiarism	42
Equipment and vehicle use	31
Misuse of fire by a minor	25
Smoking	25
Debris and open burning	21
Natural	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
8 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
7 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
6 September 2009	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
3 September 2006	Smoking	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
3 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
26 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
25 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
24 September 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sugar (historical): 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Huntington Beach Asphalt and Rock	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	La Bolsa Tile Co.	Clay	Past 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
Driftwood Mobile Home Park	0.4 miles	47
Smeltzer	0.6 miles	47
Midway City	0.7 miles	47
Del Prado Bolsa	0.8 miles	47
Boulevard Gardens	0.9 miles	47
Green Lantern Village	1.2 miles	44
Villa Magnolia Mobile Home Park	1.4 miles	47
Westminster	1.5 miles	45

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1765976. 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.