Tract 16540
Maritime Rd, Palos Verdes Dr S, Sea Horse Ln
Tract 16540 lines Maritime Road and Sea Horse Lane beside Yacht Harbor Drive, the road into the Portuguese Bend Club. It was recorded on November 27, 1957, though many of its houses are older, with build years going back to about 1949.
Mostly documented: the name and location are confirmed; some details rest on a single source.
Updated October 26, 2026 · County records from the 2026 roll · Sources at the bottom of the page · Send a correction
Tract 16540 at a glance
| Neighborhood | Portuguese Bend Beach Club, Rancho Palos Verdes |
|---|---|
| Built | Mostly 1951–1963 (median 1955; oldest 1949, newest 1987) |
| Homes | 43 homes, all single-family houses · 1 vacant residential lot |
| Living area | Median about 1,740 sq ft per home; 3 bedrooms typical for single-family houses |
| Lots | Median single-family lot about 7,080 sq ft (middle half 5,130 sq ft to 8,360 sq ft) |
| Streets | Maritime Rd, Palos Verdes Dr S, Sea Horse Ln |
| Recorded tract map | Tract 16540 · recorded November 27, 1957 · Map Book 625, page 76 · about 14 acres · recorded map (PDF) (opens in a new tab) |
| City · ZIP | Rancho Palos Verdes · 90275 |
Land movement
This page mentions land movement. For current conditions and official notices see City of Rancho Palos Verdes land-movement updates (opens in a new tab) and pvlandslide.com (opens in a new tab).
Highlighted: the recorded tract map from Los Angeles County Public Works. It shows how the land was subdivided, not an HOA boundary.
About Tract 16540
A 2023 cultural resources report for the city places Maritime Road within the Portuguese Bend Beach Club area, where homes for club members went up in the 1940s and 1950s. The city's 2002 history of the club says that in the late 1950s Palos Verdes Properties sold 42 lots to people who had lost homes in the slide, and that some buyers moved their houses from the slide area. The residents' group appears on the city's grant list as Community Association Tract 16540.
Schools for Tract 16540
Schools by address
- ElementaryMira Catalina · every home
- IntermediateMiraleste · every home
- High schoolYour choice: Palos Verdes High or Peninsula High
From PVPUSD's School Locator answers for every county address, checked October 3, 2026, counted by home. A locator answer is the district's home-school assignment, not a placement guarantee. Look up an address · PVPUSD School Locator (opens in a new tab)
The schools listed are what PVPUSD's locator returns for the addresses in this tract. A home's own address is what counts, so check yours on the schools map.
Portuguese Bend Beach Club, Rancho Palos Verdes
The Portuguese Bend Beach Club is a private, gated beach colony on the Portuguese Bend coast. Its 51 beachfront homes stand on Yacht Harbor Drive, Seawall Road and Spindrift Drive, and the adjoining Tract 16540 on Maritime Road and Sea Horse Lane belongs to the club area too. The Palos Verdes Corporation completed the club by the late 1940s, and homes for members went up on leased land in the 1940s and 1950s.
Homes for sale near Tract 16540
Current listings, with photos, prices and details, are on Properkey. Browse homes for sale in Rancho Palos Verdes (opens in a new tab).
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Where these facts come from
- City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Neighborhood Beautification Grant Program: Previous Grantees (2023) (opens in a new tab) — rpvca.gov
- Chambers Group for City of RPV: Cultural Resources Survey Report, Portuguese Bend Landslide Remediation Project DEIR Appendix D (2023) (opens in a new tab) — files.ceqanet.lci.ca.gov
- RPV Newsletter, Summer 2002: The Portuguese Bend Club (opens in a new tab) — rpvca.gov
- LA County Assessor parcel layer (opens in a new tab) — public.gis.lacounty.gov
- Los Angeles County Public Works: Land Records, recorded tract maps (opens in a new tab) — dpw.lacounty.gov
- PVPUSD School Locator (opens in a new tab) — pvpusd.net
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