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The canyon was spared from development when about 40 land parcels were acquired by the county for use as a park, the largest in 1979 when the Mission Viejo Company donated 3,400 acres (1,400 ha). The park officially opened on March 31, 1990 as Aliso and Wood Canyons Regional Park; [ 12 ] it was later designated a Wilderness Park to better ...
Mission Viejo is considered one of the largest master-planned communities ever built under a single project in the United States and is rivaled only by Highlands Ranch, Colorado in size. Its population as of 2020 was 93,653. [8] Mission Viejo is suburban in nature and culture, and consists of residential properties, offices and businesses.
The "Santiago Fire" endangered the Santiago Canyon Estates, as well as Falcon View Estates and nearby Modjeska Canyon, Trabuco Canyon, and other areas. All homeowners in those communities were placed under mandatory evacuation , with the roads Plano Trabuco and Live Oak Canyon being temporarily closed for the use of emergency personnel.
The Trabuco Canyon National Forest was established in 1907, which was quickly combined into the Cleveland National Forest in 1908. [7] One of the last California grizzly bears was killed in Trabuco Canyon in 1908, a female bear thought to be the mate of the so-called "Monster of San Mateo." [8] On October 21, 2007, a large wildfire started in ...
Aliso Creek is a 19.8-mile (31.9 km)-long, [2] mostly urban stream in south Orange County, California.Originating in the Cleveland National Forest in the Santa Ana Mountains, it flows generally southwest and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Laguna Beach.
Ladera Ranch is a 4,000-acre (16 km 2) planned community, bordered by the cities of Mission Viejo and San Juan Capistrano to the west and the city of Rancho Santa Margarita to the north. [3]
Lion Canyon Creek, Hot Springs Canyon Creek, Cold Spring Canyon Creek, Bell Canyon Creek, Cañada Gobernadora, Cañada Chiquita, Horno Creek, Arroyo Trabuco San Juan Creek , also called the San Juan River , [ 1 ] is a 29-mile (47 km) long stream in Orange and Riverside Counties, draining a watershed of 133.9 square miles (347 km 2 ).
Coto de Caza is located in the northern portion of Wagon Wheel Canyon in southeast Orange County, at (33.595925, -117.587665 [ 3 ] According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 8.0 square miles (21 km 2 ), of which, 8.0 square miles (21 km 2 ) of it is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km 2 ) of it (0.29%) is water.