Hulaw, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chipley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32428. It lies near Sand Hill. The Survey maps it on the Chipley quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1950 against another survey:
On record in Hulaw
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
South Third Street Historic Districtlisted 1989 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS Chipley quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Chipley quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Chipley quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Chipley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Hulaw between 1992 and 2019, burning about 408 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 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 | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | N 2ND STREET (32) |
| 24 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BONIFAY CHIPLEY RD (30) |
| 24 September 1997 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1998 | Smoking | 6.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Hulaw: 13 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension, Clay, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B L Lawrence Limestone Deposit | Stone, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Coleman Limestone Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Finch Farm Limestone Pit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Carter R C Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| E G Rooks Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Etheridge Ls Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Harrell,E.J.And Sans Limestone Dep. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Heirs,Dunn Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| International Paper Co Ls Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hulaw in 1 storm report in 2016: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hulaw | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Bethel Road and King Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chipley | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bahoma | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Poplar Head | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Johnson Crossroad | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Brock Crossroad | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Bells Mill | 8.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bradford | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wausau | 10.3 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122542216 | 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 295370. 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.








