Tuleta, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pettus-Pawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78162. It stands on Toro Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tuleta quadrangle. 231 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 325 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresTuleta fell from 288 to 231 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 288 | |
| 2020 | 231 | -57 (-20%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1936 USGS Pettus quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Pettus quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tuleta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
73 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Tuleta between 2004 and 2019, burning about 1,359 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARZA |
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRUNWALD |
| 6 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILL DIRKS |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY623 |
| 18 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORMANNA FIRE |
| 18 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1465 |
| 15 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tuleta: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moore Materials Co Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tuleta in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Hail | Tuleta | $10,000 | Golf ball sized hail occurred in Tuleta. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Tuleta | $5,000 | Spotter reported quarter sized hail fell for around 20 minutes. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tuleta | - | Tree down reported in Tuleta. |
| December 2002 | Hail | Tuleta | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Tuleta | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normanna | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pettus | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Tulsita | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mineral | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Caesar | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Orangedale | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hidden Acres Colonia | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Old Airport Road Colonia | 10.2 miles | 9 |
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 Tuleta | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982886 | The 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 1370198. 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.






