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Tulare, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Tulare census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93274. The Survey maps it on the Tulare quadrangle. 68,875 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 289 feet above sea level.

Tulare within Tulare County

Then and now

1925 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 68 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tulare, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Tulare, surveyed 1925

On record in Tulare

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Tulare grew from 43,994 to 68,875 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
200043,994
201059,278+15,284 (+35%)
202068,875+9,597 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 22 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

292 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 292 fires within 5 miles of Tulare between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,513 acres in total. None started naturally. 47 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/undetermined160
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use38
Smoking18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTulare Unitnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTulare UnitDEAN
29 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTulare UnitSFRR #11
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFresno-Kings UnitAUSTIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tulare County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tulare: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brown Cement WorksSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Tulare County

Storms near this place

19 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tulare in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 6 flood, 5 heavy rain, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2010FloodTulare$500,000Heavy rain caused widespread urban and poor drainage flooding on the morning of the 29th across much of the San Joaquin Valley. Especially hard hit were the metro areas of Fresno, Visalia, and Bakersfield, and the adjacent foothills.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindTulare$60,000There were several reports of trees downed in the city of Tulare. There were also reports of trees and power lines downed in the town of Lindsay. A tree fell on a family's automobile between Visalia and Tulare.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindTulare$50,000Thunderstorm wind (estimated at more than 35Kts) toppled trees in Tulare causing power problems for 15,000 power customers in the South San Joaquin Valley. One tree fell on a home in southeast Tulare. Total rainfall in the Tulare area with the rain/wind storm was 1.36".
November 1997Thunderstorm WindTulare$30,000Roof damage to a large, rural warehouse. No other damage reported in the agricultural area. 1/2 to 3/4 of 16,000 sq.ft. structure, including two evaporative coolers, were damaged by the gust.
October 2000FloodTulare$30,000no account filed
April 1996Tornado (F0)Tulare$20,000no account filed
November 1996LightningTulare$15,000no account filed
December 2012FloodTulare$10,000The California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Albert Avenue at Wilma Street.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindTulare$10,000Through county sheriff, a report was relayed of wind damage to trees that was observed in Waukena associated with severe thunderstorm presence in rural southwestern Tulare County.
March 2006LightningTulare$5,000no account filed
April 2020FloodTulare-California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on SR 99 at the Prosperity Ave. exchange in Tulare.
October 2018FloodTulare-California Highway Patrol reported flooding on State Route 99 under the Prosperity Ave. overpass in Tulare due to heavy rain and a clogged drain.
December 2014Heavy RainTulare-Widespread rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches across the San Joaquin Valley portion of Tulare county with up to 2.6 inches in the foothills. Nuisance roadway flooding reported near the city of Tulare.
October 2014Heavy RainTulare-Roadway flooding due to heavy rain. Estimated rainfall 0.75 inches.
November 2014Heavy RainTulare-Roadway flooding due to heavy rain. Estimated rainfall 0.75 inches.
March 2006Heavy RainTulare-no account filed
April 2005Heavy RainTulare-no account filed
October 2000FloodTulare-no account filed
January 1997Funnel CloudTulare-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tulare County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Imhoff1.0 miles22
Burling (historical)1.7 miles22
Elba2.4 miles22
Swall3.9 miles22
Paige4.3 miles19
Tagus4.5 miles23
Loma4.7 miles23
Octol5.9 miles20

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 TulareAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q616562The 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 1652803. 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.