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Chuluota, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32766. It stands on Mills Branch. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle. 2,524 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Chuluota within Seminole County

Then and now

1953 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chuluota, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Chuluota, surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Chuluota grew from 2,483 to 2,524 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
20102,483
20202,524+41 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Chuluota between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,143 acres in total. 79 started naturally. 8 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
Natural79
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
16 September 2018Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOCKWOOD- (59)
8 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSWEET LEAF (48)
8 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2010Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOFF THE ROAD (03)
3 August 1993Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2007Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLADDER STAND (3)
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service314

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Chuluota: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Hubbard Construction - Demetree North MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

10 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chuluota in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. 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
October 2024FloodChuluota$27,000,000Seminole County Emergency Management reported significant urban, street, and low-lying flooding as a result of 4 to 8 inches (southeast) 8 to 12 inches (northwest) of rain in association with Hurricane Milton. A period of very heavy rainfall rates associated with the core of the storm led to flash flooding during the overnight period (Oct 9 - 10).||The heavy rain that fell as a result of the storm also led to a long-term river flood event along the St. Johns with the river near Geneva entering major flood on Oct 14, peaking at 10.15 feet on Oct 15. At Deland, the river rapidly rose to major flood stage on Oct 11, peaking at 5.49 ft on Oct. 14.
October 2024Flash FloodChuluota-A period of very heavy rainfall in association with the core of Hurricane Milton moved across Seminole County overnight Oct 9 - 10, resulting in widespread flash flooding across the county. An estimated 4 to 8 inches of rain fell across an area already saturated from 3 to 5 inches of rain earlier in the day. Seminole County Emergency Management received reports of several water-related rescues and a few roads that were partially or totally collapsed. Damage estimates for the flash flood event are unavailable; however, cost estimates for the entire flood event during Hurricane Milton are noted in the corresponding flood entry.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindChuluota-Amateur radio operated relayed reports from Seminole County Fire Rescue of downed powerlines on County Road 419 in Chuluota.
June 2018HailChuluota-A member of the public relayed video via social media from Chuluota showing mainly dime to nickel sized hail with a few quarter-sized hail stones mixed in. The same person also sent a video showing strong winds blowing over a trampoline. Those winds are estimated to be around 55 mph.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindChuluota-Water Management District Officials observed numerous cypress trees toppled by very intense straight line winds associated with squall line passage. The downed trees were discovered in a rural conservation region, just west of the St. Johns River Basin.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindChuluota-Thunderstorm winds blew down tree and a fence in Chuluota.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindChuluota-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines near Chuluota.
July 2007HailChuluota-no account filed
February 1998HailChuluota-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindChuluota-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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
Iowa City3.7 miles14
Kolokee3.8 miles14
Alafaya Woods3.8 miles14
Snow Hill4.3 miles14
Lake Charm4.5 miles14
Truck Corner4.6 miles14
Oviedo4.9 miles14
Buda5.0 miles14

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 ChuluotaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2160280The 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 277631. 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.