Yorba Linda, California
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92886. The Survey maps it on the Yorba Linda quadrangle. 68,336 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1896 to 1983The 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.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
On record in Yorba Linda
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 3 records
Richard Nixon BirthplaceNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971
Bixby-Bryant Ranch Houselisted 1997- Pacific Electric Railway Company Depotlisted 1979
Population over time
2 figuresYorba Linda grew from 64,234 to 68,336 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 64,234 | |
| 2020 | 68,336 | +4,102 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 43 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.
- 1896 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Anaheim 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
- 1935 USGS Olinda quadrangle1:31680
- 1942 USGS Anaheim quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Yorba Linda quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Yorba Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Yorba Linda quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Yorba Linda quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Yorba Linda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 31,981 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 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 | 42 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Orange County Fire Authority | CARBON FIRE |
| 1 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 August 2018 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Yorba Linda: 7 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garber Brickk & Tile Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bixby Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Orange Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Consolidated Rock Products Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Irvine Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Orange Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Owl Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| R. J. Noble Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sparks & Mcclelland Plants | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sully-Miller Contracting Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorba Linda in 13 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 2 wildfire, 2 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2002 | Wildfire | Yorba Linda | 2 hurt | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Yorba Linda | $300,000 | no account filed |
| November 2003 | Flash Flood | Yorba Linda | $35,000 | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Flash Flood | Yorba Linda | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorba Linda | $4,000 | A spotter 4 miles ESE of Yorba Linda reported trees down, bark peeled off trees and post office drop boxed flipped near Weir Canyon and the 91 freeway.||High winds were reported at the Fremont Canyon RAWS between 1251 and 1351 PST on the 13th with a peak gust of 63 mph.||The area was surveyed for possible tornado damage but only evidence of straight line wind was observed. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Yorba Linda | $500 | Spotter reported dime-sized hail in Yorba Linda around 1500 PST on March 20th. |
| January 2023 | Flood | Yorba Linda | - | The Department of Highways reported flooding in 4 out of 5 lanes. |
| October 2005 | Hail | Yorba Linda | - | A high precipitation supercell moving at approximately 45 mph through northern Orange County dropped 3/4 inch hail in Yorba Linda. The storm left the San Diego CWA and later dropped even larger hail near Pasadena. |
| January 2005 | Flash Flood | Yorba Linda | - | no account filed |
| November 2002 | Heavy Rain | Yorba Linda | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Flood | Yorba Linda | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Wildfire | Yorba Linda | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Yorba Linda | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | 1.6 miles | 46 | |
| Richfields | 1.6 miles | 46 | |
| Yorba | 1.6 miles | 46 | |
| Daum (historical) | 1.6 miles | 43 | |
| Atwood | 1.8 miles | 46 | |
| Friendly Village of Anaheim | 2.4 miles | 46 | |
| Olinda (historical) | 2.9 miles | 46 | |
| Peralta Hills | 3.1 miles | 46 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Yorba Linda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q493518 | 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 1652817. 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.


















