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Hulah, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pawhuska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 74022. It stands on Opossum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bowring quadrangle.

Hulah within Osage County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

17 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Hulah between 2001 and 2020, burning about 14,030 acres in total. 1 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
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined110 acresOsage AgencyWAH-SHA-SHE
1 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreOsage AgencyGUSHER
26 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreOsage AgencyJOHN DEERE
19 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresConcho Field OfficeDODGE
19 April 2008Debris and open burning12 acresOsage AgencyLONE RANGER
13 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,500 acresOklahoma Division of ForestryMULLENDORE RANCH
28 March 2002Debris and open burning8,000 acresOsage AgencyHULAH2
27 March 2008Debris and open burning212 acresCherokee Nation TribeCOPAN LAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Osage County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hulah: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Osage County

Storms near this place

14 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hulah in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2024HailHulah$10,000Golf ball size hail damaged vehicles.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindHulah$3,000Trees and tree limbs were blown down near Hulah Lake. A pop-up camper was overturned.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHulah$2,000Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs, and blew down a power pole.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHulah-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped large tree limbs.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHulah-Strong thunderstorm wind snapped numerous large tree limbs.
May 2013Tornado (EF0)Hulah-This brief tornado was reported by a storm chaser. The NWS survey team could find no damage as a result of this tornado as it occurred over open country.
June 2007Flash FloodHulah-Heavy thunderstorm rains caused water to flow over several secondary roads.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHulah-Thunderstorm winds estimated at 70 miles an hour were observed at Hulah Lake. Two trees and several large tree limbs were blown down.
October 2007HailHulah-no account filed
May 2006HailHulah-no account filed
August 2005HailHulah-no account filed
March 2004HailHulah-no account filed
April 2003HailHulah-no account filed
May 2003HailHulah-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Osage 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
Hickory Hill4.1 miles12
Oak Ridge4.7 miles12
Whippoorwill5.1 miles12
Bowring5.7 miles12
Boulanger Landing9.2 miles12
Herd9.8 miles15
Boulangerville9.9 miles12
Bigheart11.4 miles15

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 Q122556922The 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 1100514. 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.