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Hull, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Arcadia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34269. The Survey maps it on the Fort Ogden quadrangle.

Hull within DeSoto County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hull, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hull, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Hull between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,681 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 8 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
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural13
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
Other causes1
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
24 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSE SENATE ST (14)
24 August 2012Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW HULL (14)
21 August 2020Natural16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW COLLINS ST (14)
18 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use18 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW HILL ST (14)
5 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service14-TURKEY TRAIL FIRE-0558
19 July 2011Railroad operations and maintenance3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFUGATE STREET (14)
13 July 2015Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMASSACHUSETTS ST (14)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeSoto County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hull: 4 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Dot Arcadia - Nocatee #1 MineSandUnknownSand
Dot Arcadia - Nocatee #2 MineSandUnknownSand
Dot Arcadia - Nocatee #3 MineSandUnknownSand
Ray Smith's Excavating - Ray Smith Excavating MineSandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in DeSoto County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hull in 2 storm reports in 2008: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHull$500The public reported several power lines and large branches blown down. A dog house and heavy wooden chairs were blown hundreds of yards through a pasture.
June 2008HailHull-The public reported golf ball size hail near Nocatee.

Every storm recorded in DeSoto 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
Fort Ogden2.3 miles14
Platt3.7 miles11
Southfort3.7 miles14
Nocatee4.3 miles13
Lake Suzy (not official)7.5 miles11
Arcadia8.0 miles14
Belgium (historical)8.6 miles13
Tryon8.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294260. 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.