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Hulen, Oklahoma

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Walters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73572. The Survey maps it on the Letitia quadrangle.

Hulen within Cotton 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

16 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Hulen between 2000 and 2016, burning about 1,500 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
17 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresAnadarko AgencyFAXON
13 September 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBETHEL
9 August 2006Debris and open burning3.0 acresAnadarko AgencyPLESANT VALLEY
31 August 2000Arson/incendiarism650 acresAnadarko AgencyHASTINGS
3 August 2016Debris and open burning130 acresAnadarko AgencyBEAVER VIEW RD
25 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAnadarko AgencyCHOCK
6 July 2013Fireworks2.0 acresAnadarko AgencyBIG BEAVER CREEK
12 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distribution84 acresAnadarko AgencyBIGBOW

Every fire recorded in Cotton County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Hulen: 23 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unknown Shale PitClayPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unknown Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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 Cotton County

Storms near this place

12 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hulen in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 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
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHulen$2,000Winds caused damage to a mobile home, collapsing the front porch.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindHulen$2,000A house was damaged by winds estimated at 80 mph.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindHulen-Eight power poles were blown down on top of Highway 65 near Baseline Road. The garage door at the fire department was blown in. Several south to southwest facing windows were blown out. Monetary damages were not available.
December 2022HailHulen-no account filed
April 2003HailHulen-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindHulen-no account filed
September 1999HailHulen-no account filed
June 1997HailHulen-no account filed
October 1996HailHulen-no account filed
April 1995HailHulen-no account filed
September 1993HailHulen-no account filed
May 1993Tornado (F0)Hulen-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cotton 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
Fivemile Corner9.8 miles10
Walters11.0 miles9
Temple16.0 miles10
Cookietown20.0 miles9
Taylor23.5 miles10
Hooper23.9 miles10
Randlett25.9 miles10
Devol28.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100515. 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.