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Boulogne, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Callahan-Hilliard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32046. It stands on Pigeon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boulogne quadrangle.

Boulogne within Nassau County

Then and now

1917 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Boulogne, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Boulogne, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Boulogne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,518 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 59 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
Debris and open burning129
Arson/incendiarism59
Natural41
Equipment and vehicle use31
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSILVER TRAIL (45)
30 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2018Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRACY ROAD (45)
18 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLAKE HAMPTON RD (45)
18 September 2016Arson/incendiarism17 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDOLAN RD (45)
17 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45 PROSPECT LANDING 2010-07-0486

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Boulogne: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium. 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
Folkston ConcentratorREE, Titanium, Zirconium, ThoriumPast Producer
Humphreys Mining Co. - Boulogne MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsPast ProducerIlmenite, Rutile, Monazite, Zircon
Stuart Tract MineProducer
Trenncor MineProducer

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

9 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boulogne in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindBoulogne$1,000Power lines were blown down near the intersection of Yellow Bluff Road and State Road 121. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.
April 2022Tornado (EF1)Boulogne-An EF1 tornado with peak winds of 93 mph moved northeast across northwest Nassau County during the predawn hours. Initially, EF0 wind damage included large broken tree branches occurred near the start of the track just west of Highway 301 near the town of Boulougne near the intersection of Karma Way. The tornado continued to track east-northeast toward the Little St. Marys River producing additional EF0 damage including tree damage with some likely rear-flank downdraft straight line wind damage noted along Conner Cutoff Road. The tornado reached peak EF1 intensity at is crossed the intersection of Conner Cutoff where trees were uprooted and large tree trunks were snapped. A single wide manufactured home had considerable wind damage which included the metal roof partially torn-off and lofted about 20 yards. The tornado lifted just east of Murrhee Road where EF0 damage to trees was noted in a swamp.
March 2018HailBoulogne-Ping-pong size hail was reported near Hilliard.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindBoulogne-A tin roof was blown off of an out-building by strong winds near Boulogne. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindBoulogne-Power lines were blown down near Conner Nelson Road.
May 2012HailBoulogne-Quarter size hail occurred between 415 pm and 430 pm. Many cars had to pull off of the road along U.S. Highway 1.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBoulogne-About 5 trees were blown down onto power lines along State Road 121 and Lake Hampton Road northwest of Hilliard. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2002Thunderstorm WindBoulogne-Pine tree blown across power lines.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindBoulogne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Andrews2.9 miles16
Hilliard6.4 miles16
Kings Ferry7.3 miles17
Lessie11.0 miles17
Dyal11.8 miles18
Evergreen12.8 miles17
Callahan16.4 miles18
Gross16.4 miles21

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 BoulogneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4949702The 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 279280. 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.