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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.

Hulaw within Washington County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Hulaw, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hulaw, surveyed 1950

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

135 since 1992

Regional 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 burning36
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceN 2ND STREET (32)
24 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBONIFAY CHIPLEY RD (30)
24 September 1997Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1998Smoking6.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
B L Lawrence Limestone DepositStone, DimensionProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Coleman Limestone DepositLimestone, DimensionProspect
Finch Farm Limestone PitLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Carter R C Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
E G Rooks Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Etheridge Ls DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Harrell,E.J.And Sans Limestone Dep.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Heirs,Dunn Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
International Paper Co Ls ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2016Thunderstorm WindHulaw-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Bethel Road and King Road.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Chipley1.1 miles14
Bahoma3.6 miles14
Poplar Head6.3 miles13
Johnson Crossroad6.6 miles13
Brock Crossroad7.2 miles13
Bells Mill8.1 miles14
Bradford8.6 miles14
Wausau10.3 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.

Wikidata item Q122542216The 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.