BlockHāʻena, Hawaii
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Keaau-Mountain View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96749. It lies near Kalele. The Survey maps it on the Keaau Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1924 USGS Makuu quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Keaau Ranch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Keaau Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Keaau Ranch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Hāʻena between 2005 and 2011, burning about 16 acres in total. None 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 | 36 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 26 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 10 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 9 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keaʻau | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Waipāhoehoe | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pāpaʻi (historical) | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hawaiian Paradise Park | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Kurtistown | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Elevenmile Homestead | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Orchidlands Estates | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ohia (historical) | 6.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 358840. 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.