Mulat, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Avalon-Mulat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32583. The Survey maps it on the Milton South quadrangle. 322 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresMulat grew from 259 to 322 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 | 259 | |
| 2020 | 322 | +63 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Milton South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Milton South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
378 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Mulat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,945 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 19 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 maintenance | 105 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GARCON POINT(57) |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | AMY FIRE - 1182 |
| 30 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 57- ORO FIRE-0861 |
| 27 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GOLF COURSE FIRE-1132 |
| 27 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mulat: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Avalon Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Santa Rosa Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Santa Rosa Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Salter/3-C's - Pea Ridge Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| W.P.R., Inc. - Russell Sand Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mulat in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2022: 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Mulat | 2 hurt | An EF1 tornado began on 3/31/22 along the Escambia Bay Bridge of|I-10 overturning an eastbound semi-truck resulting in two|injuries. The tornado continued northeast moving onshore off of|Escambia Bay resulting in very sporadic minor tree damage around|North 6th Avenue. The tornado turned east northeast and picked up|in intensity as it uprooted and snapped numerous hardwood/softwood|trees and caused minor to moderate roofing damage to residential|homes. The tornado tracked northeast reaching its peak intensity|of 104mph along De La Rue Drive where a small tree stand had most|of its trees snapped with multiple uprooted and snapped trees in|its vicinity. The tornado continued northeast from here crossing|another small residential community located along Highland Lake Rd|into Edinburgh Castle Drive uprooting and snapping multiple trees|and removing some roofing material from residential homes. The|tornado cross Edinburgh Castle Drive where it impacted a|residential home which had a personal weather station located on|the back side of the house. The weather station measured a peak|wind gust of 97mph associated with the tornado. The home suffered|notable roof damage along with many of its windows blown out.|Several snapped and uprooted trees were also on the property. The|tornado continued east northeast crossing Florida 281, directly|impacting Avalon Utilities building removing some siding and|roofing material. The tornado likely continued to track northeast|of here, weakening as it did so across open fields and tree|stands. Due to limited road access, the end point of the tornado|is estimated based on the weakening of the couplet on radar and|the lack of any convergent wind damage on accessible roads to the|northeast. |
| February 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Mulat | $75,000 | The tornado from Escambia County Florida moved into Santa Rosa County after moving across Escambia Bay. Some of the debris from the GE plant in Escambia County was found on the western shoreline of Santa Rosa County. EF-1 damage to trees and homes was observed near San Juan Street at Sealark Lane. The tornado continue northeast, producing additional EF-1 damage primarily to trees with some minor damage noted to other homes. The tornado finally lifted near Shetland Circle just west of Avalon Boulevard. |
| May 2022 | Flash Flood | Mulat | - | Flash Flooding was reported on Pearson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harp | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Avalon Beach | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Floridatown | 2.7 miles | 17 | |
| Pace | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Galt City | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dickerson City | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Bagdad | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| East Milton | 7.0 miles | 15 |
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 Mulat | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5847780 | 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 295471. 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.








