Upper Aliso, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Irvine-Lake Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92676. It sits by Vulture Crags. The Survey maps it on the Santiago Peak quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 37 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.
- 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
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Santiago Peak quadrangle1:24000, 7 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 Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Santiago Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Santiago Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Upper Aliso between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37,029 acres in total. 2 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 | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | LIVEOAK |
| 3 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | POOL |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | DOVE |
| 26 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | POTSIE |
| 25 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 acres | Orange County Fire Authority | SANTIAGO FIRE |
| 25 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE FIRE |
| 25 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Cleveland National Forest | MODJESKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Upper Aliso: 12 past producers, 6 producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Ranch Extension | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Blue Light | Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Blue Light Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Hicks Canyon Prospect | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Occurrence | ||
| Silverado-Santa Rosa | Silver | Producer | ||
| Wilhunt Mines | Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Shirley Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Williams Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| El Toro Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portola Hills | 0.8 miles | 47 | |
| Modjeska | 1.4 miles | 47 | |
| Foothill Ranch | 2.0 miles | 47 | |
| Rancho Trabuco | 2.1 miles | 37 | |
| Trabuco Canyon | 2.6 miles | 37 | |
| Rancho Santa Margarita | 3.5 miles | 37 | |
| Robinson Ranch | 3.8 miles | 37 | |
| Silverado | 4.0 miles | 47 |
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 Q122559215 | 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 2805255. 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.













