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.
Then and now
1925 to 1993The 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.


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 figuresTulare 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 43,994 | |
| 2010 | 59,278 | +15,284 (+35%) |
| 2020 | 68,875 | +9,597 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 22 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1925 USGS Tulare quadrangle1:31680
- 1927 USGS Tulare quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Tulare quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Tulare quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Tulare quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Fresno quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Visalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
292 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 160 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tulare Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tulare Unit | DEAN |
| 29 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Tulare Unit | SFRR #11 |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Fresno-Kings Unit | AUSTIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown Cement Works | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2010 | Flood | Tulare | $500,000 | Heavy 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 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tulare | $60,000 | There 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 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tulare | $50,000 | Thunderstorm 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 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tulare | $30,000 | Roof 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 2000 | Flood | Tulare | $30,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Tulare | $20,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Lightning | Tulare | $15,000 | no account filed |
| December 2012 | Flood | Tulare | $10,000 | The California Highway Patrol reported flooding on Albert Avenue at Wilma Street. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tulare | $10,000 | Through 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 2006 | Lightning | Tulare | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2020 | Flood | Tulare | - | California Highway Patrol reported roadway flooding on SR 99 at the Prosperity Ave. exchange in Tulare. |
| October 2018 | Flood | Tulare | - | 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 2014 | Heavy Rain | Tulare | - | 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 2014 | Heavy Rain | Tulare | - | Roadway flooding due to heavy rain. Estimated rainfall 0.75 inches. |
| November 2014 | Heavy Rain | Tulare | - | Roadway flooding due to heavy rain. Estimated rainfall 0.75 inches. |
| March 2006 | Heavy Rain | Tulare | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Heavy Rain | Tulare | - | no account filed |
| October 2000 | Flood | Tulare | - | no account filed |
| January 1997 | Funnel Cloud | Tulare | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Tulare | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q616562 | The 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.













