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.
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:
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
173 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45-CHICKEN FARM GATE-2010-07-0493 |
| 22 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRAIN TRACK (45) |
| 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:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Tulane | - | A personal weather station Otis Road Landfill | - KFLJACKS4518 measured 3.95 inches of rain. | Rain began around 645 PM. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tulane | - | A large oak tree was blown down and completely blocked Otis Road at Dillon Road. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tulane | - | Power lines and trees were blown down along Otis Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandeville | 3.6 miles | 19 | |
| Baldwin | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Otis | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Halsema | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Brightsville | 5.6 miles | 21 | |
| Whitehouse | 6.1 miles | 21 | |
| Cambon | 7.4 miles | 21 | |
| Fiftone | 8.4 miles | 20 |
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.










