Baldwin, Florida
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Baldwin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32234. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin quadrangle. 1,396 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1917 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1917 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresBaldwin fell from 1,425 to 1,396 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,425 | |
| 2020 | 1,396 | -29 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1917 USGS Cambon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1918 USGS Cambon quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1977 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Baldwin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Baldwin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,776 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 16 TRADE PLEX 2007-07-0524 |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2003 | Natural | 7.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1053 |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GRASS RUNWAY (16) |
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 Baldwin: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlton Sand Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baldwin in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Lightning | Baldwin | 1 hurt | A citizen was struck by lightning near 16000 Rebar Road. The time of the incident was based on lightning and radar data. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $20,000 | A tin roof was peeled off the main residence. Five barns were destroyed by a possible downburst. Cost of damage was unknown but estimated. |
| December 2023 | Flood | Baldwin | $2,000 | A car slid off of I-10 into a water filled ditch near the HWY 301 exit. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down East of US-310. |
| December 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | Small trees were blown down Baldwin. Other tree debris including branches were also blown down. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | Trees and power lines were blown down across the JAX Westside. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | Tree were blown down on the right hand shoulder of Interstate 10 near mile marker 348. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| October 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Baldwin | - | A video of a funnel cloud was taken just east of US Highway 301 near Interstate 10. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Baldwin | - | Penny size hail and an estimated wind gust to 40 mph was observed. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Baldwin | - | Nickel size hail was observed. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | Trees were blown down along Interstate 10 at mile marker 342. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | Numerous reports of power lines blown down occurred across the Jacksonville west side. The time of the events was based on radar. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baldwin | - | Trees fell on a home in Baldwin. Large limbs were down across the area. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Baldwin | - | Reported by Nassau County Fire Lt. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Baldwin | - | no account filed |
| September 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Baldwin | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Baldwin | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiftone | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Otis | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Tulane | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mandeville | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Halsema | 5.9 miles | 21 | |
| Brightsville | 6.7 miles | 21 | |
| Whitehouse | 6.9 miles | 21 | |
| Maxville | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 Baldwin | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q804864 | 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 278061. 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.










