Glenwood, Hawaii
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Keaau-Mountain View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96771. The Survey maps it on the Volcano quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Glenwood between 2004 and 2012, burning about 44 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 10 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 30 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 14 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 12 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 3 April 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 5 March 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 11 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Glenwood in 9 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 8 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Flash Flood | Glenwood | $100,000 | Heavy rain led to road closures between Naalehu and Pahala due to a culvert overflowing. Highway 11 was also closed at Kawa Flats due to flooding. Then on March 14, water over Highway 11 cut off the towns on Naalehu and Pahala. The Department of Transportation reported Hawaii Belt Road (Route 11) at mile marker 57.5 at the Hilea Stream Bridge was closed due to flooding in the area. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| January 2021 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| December 2021 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
| August 2016 | Heavy Rain | Glenwood | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fern Forest | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Eden Roc | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Lehua (historical) | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Royal Hawaiian Estates | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fern Acres | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain View | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mauna Loa Estates | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pulu (historical) | 5.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358827. 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.
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.











