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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.

Baldwin within Duval County

Then and now

1917 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Baldwin, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Baldwin, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Baldwin 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,425
20201,396-29 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

146 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural45
Equipment and vehicle use36
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning13
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1997Misuse of fire by a minor15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16 TRADE PLEX 2007-07-0524
7 September 1999Natural11 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2003Natural7.2 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1053
3 August 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGRASS RUNWAY (16)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Duval 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Charlton Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Duval County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015LightningBaldwin1 hurtA citizen was struck by lightning near 16000 Rebar Road. The time of the incident was based on lightning and radar data.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$20,000A tin roof was peeled off the main residence. Five barns were destroyed by a possible downburst. Cost of damage was unknown but estimated.
December 2023FloodBaldwin$2,000A car slid off of I-10 into a water filled ditch near the HWY 301 exit.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$2,000Large trees and power lines down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBaldwin$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down East of US-310.
December 2023Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Small trees were blown down Baldwin. Other tree debris including branches were also blown down.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Trees and power lines were blown down across the JAX Westside. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-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 2018Funnel CloudBaldwin-A video of a funnel cloud was taken just east of US Highway 301 near Interstate 10.
April 2014HailBaldwin-Penny size hail and an estimated wind gust to 40 mph was observed.
February 2013HailBaldwin-Nickel size hail was observed.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Trees were blown down along Interstate 10 at mile marker 342.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Numerous reports of power lines blown down occurred across the Jacksonville west side. The time of the events was based on radar.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindBaldwin-Trees fell on a home in Baldwin. Large limbs were down across the area.
April 2002HailBaldwin-Reported by Nassau County Fire Lt.
June 2001HailBaldwin-no account filed
September 2000Funnel CloudBaldwin-no account filed
June 1998HailBaldwin-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Duval 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
Fiftone3.9 miles20
Otis4.3 miles19
Tulane4.6 miles19
Mandeville4.7 miles19
Halsema5.9 miles21
Brightsville6.7 miles21
Whitehouse6.9 miles21
Maxville7.4 miles13

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 BaldwinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q804864The 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.