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El Modena High School, midday, 5-2-21

El ModenaCA

A town in California.

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Is El Modena a good place to live?

El Modena’s January low is 47°F, where California’s towns sit at 40°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. We don’t grade El Modena yet; the figures below are still real.

The data

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Natural hazards

Top of a very high hazard risk in El Modena: inland flooding

88risk score of 100

The risk rating from FEMA here in El Modena is 88 of 100. FEMA puts 52% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 47% to earthquakes.

FEMA risk score
88Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingEarthquakes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Schools

The schools El Modena’s kids attend

Its one school is below.

SchoolLevelStudentsLetter
La Purisima School PrivateLargest elementary schoolGrades K–8Grades K–8127–

NCES · EDFacts

Climate

The climate in El Modena brings mild winters and hot summers

88°summer high

July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 47° and snow is almost unheard of.

Typical low → high °F

Winter46–69°
Spring52–74°
Summer62–85°
Fall56–81°
+2.2°
vs. the 20th-century average
88°
typical summer high

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Keep exploring

Everything we know about El Modena

13pages on El Modena
Nearby attractions

Disneyland and 215 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around El Modena. Close and well known come first.

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Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Disneyland: HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA, CC BY 2.0 · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Knott's Berry Farm: Phydend at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Angel Stadium of Anaheim: Staff Sgt. Chad McMeen, Public domain · Disney California Adventure: CrispyCream27, CC BY-SA 4.0

Getting set up

Moving to El Modena: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in El Modena, and how to reach them.

PowerSouthern California Edison31.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterCity of Orange water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet5 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
SchoolsOrange Unified School DistrictWhich school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn California you can register online until 15 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (postmarked 15 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereOrange County Registrar of VotersOrange County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2025
ZIP code9286992869 100%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

After high school

Colleges nearby

33 within 15 miles of the center of El Modena

About El Modena

Unincorporated area and neighborhood in Orange County, California

El Modena ( el MOH-duh-nuh) is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) surrounding El Modena High School and within the city of Orange, California and the surrounding unincorporated county area. It is located near and east of the intersection of Hewes Street and Chapman Avenue. Much of the area was annexed by Orange in the 1960s and 1970s, but there are still enclaves of unincorporated county land to the east of the high school. The neighborhood is named after Modena, Italy, plus the Spanish article el.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

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