BlockGalbraith, Hawaii
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Wahiawa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96786. It stands on North Kaukonahua Stream. The Survey maps it on the Haleiwa quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Galbraith
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Kukaniloko Birth Sitelisted 1973 · 0.3 miles away- Kukaniloko Birth Site (Boundary Increase)listed 1995 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Haleiwa quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Haleiwa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Haleiwa quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Haleiwa quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Haleiwa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
453 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 453 fires within 5 miles of Galbraith (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 10,407 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 | 452 |
| 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 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 7 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 5 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | State of Hawaii | HONOULIULI OFFICE SOCKS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karston (historical) | 0.7 miles | 12 | |
| Whitmore Village | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Wahiawā | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Wheeler Field | 1.5 miles | 12 | |
| Waipiʻo Acres | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kunia Camp | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Mililani Town | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Mikilua (historical) | 5.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1957257. 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.