BlockʻAiea Heights, Hawaii
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ewa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96701. It stands on North Hālawa Stream. The Survey maps it on the Waipahu quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
715 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 715 fires within 5 miles of ʻAiea Heights between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,142 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 714 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of ʻAiea Heights: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halawa Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hālawa Hills | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| Hālawa | 0.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hālawa Heights | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| ʻAiea | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Kalauao | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Foster Village | 1.7 miles | 15 | |
| Waimalu | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Waiau | 2.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358459. 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.