Overview
About Tijeras Creek Villas
Tijeras Creek Villas is drawn on the city's HOA Local register at 20.0 acres, with 344 addresses inside it. They sit on nine streets, Via Contento, Via Ermitas, Via Pausa and Via Solaz among them, carrying 1.09 miles of centerline. The county parcel record inside the boundary is 349 parcels, predominantly condominium units. The median lot the county records here is 0.05 acres and 24 feet wide. The city general plan gives 18.5 of those acres a medium density residential designation. The zoning layer puts 18.5 acres in the RH zone and 1.5 in OS. Mail here carries the 92688 zip code and a Rancho Santa Margarita postal city.
14.1 acres are rated Very High on the 2025 state fire hazard severity map the city publishes. The city assigns the ground to evacuation zone RSM09, which it describes as SFR, Elementary School, Church, Skate Park, HOA parks and pools. All of it lies in Capistrano Unified, which feeds Arroyo Vista Elementary and Tesoro High.
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How Tijeras Creek Villas was built
Nine streets serve the 344 homes of Tijeras Creek Villas and eight of them are a word for rest. Via Descanso is rest, Via Pausa a pause, Via Respiro a breather, Via Solaz solace, Via Alivio relief, Via Refresco refreshment, Via Contento contentment and Via Ermitas the hermitages.
The buildings went up in 1991 in a Spanish idiom, two stories, on twenty acres beside the Tijeras Creek Golf Club. Tijeras is Spanish for scissors. The creek it names ran past the Acjachemen village of Alume, which stood between Trabuco Creek and Tijeras Creek, and the Trabuco Adobe was raised beside that village in 1810 as an outpost of Mission San Juan Capistrano.
By the Numbers
Tijeras Creek Villas by the numbers
Lifestyle
The Tijeras Creek Villas lifestyle
Schools
Schools serving Tijeras Creek Villas
All 20.0 acres of Tijeras Creek Villas fall in Capistrano Unified on the county school district layer. The Capistrano Unified locator, probed at 5 addresses inside the boundary, returns Arroyo Vista K-8, Arroyo Vista TK-8 and Tesoro HS. The two campuses below enrolled 2,538 students between them on the 2024-25 federal count.
9-12 · 2,030 students
TK-5 · 508 students
FAQs
Common questions about Tijeras Creek Villas
How big is Tijeras Creek Villas?
The city draws it at 20.0 acres in one part, with 0.8 miles of boundary and 344 addresses inside.
What kind of homes are in Tijeras Creek Villas?
The county parcel record inside the boundary is 349 parcels, predominantly condominium units, on a median lot of 0.05 acres.
Which schools serve Tijeras Creek Villas?
Capistrano Unified, across the whole boundary. The assigned campuses are Tesoro High and Arroyo Vista Elementary.
When was Tijeras Creek Villas built?
TR 13203 was recorded on 1988-12-15 and TR 13560 on 1989-07-18. The county assessor publishes no year built for the condominium assessment books covering these homes.
What should a buyer know about the setting at Tijeras Creek Villas?
The 2025 state fire hazard severity map the city publishes rates 14.1 acres Very High and 5.9 acres High. The city assigns the ground to evacuation zone RSM09.