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Tulane, 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.

Tulane 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 Tulane, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Tulane, surveyed 1917

Compare 1917 against another survey:

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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Tulane between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,818 acres in total. 59 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
Natural59
Equipment and vehicle use40
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Arson/incendiarism16
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1
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
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
25 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45-CHICKEN FARM GATE-2010-07-0493
22 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2016Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRAIN TRACK (45)
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

Storms near this place

3 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tulane in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
September 2024Heavy RainTulane-A personal weather station Otis Road Landfill | - KFLJACKS4518 measured 3.95 inches of rain. | Rain began around 645 PM.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindTulane-A large oak tree was blown down and completely blocked Otis Road at Dillon Road.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindTulane-Power lines and trees were blown down along Otis Road. The time of damage was based on radar.

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
Mandeville3.6 miles19
Baldwin4.6 miles19
Otis4.6 miles19
Halsema5.5 miles21
Brightsville5.6 miles21
Whitehouse6.1 miles21
Cambon7.4 miles21
Fiftone8.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301068. 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.

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.