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ʻŌhaikea Houses, Hawaii

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Kau census division. It sits by Kaʻōiki Pali. The Survey maps it on the Kilauea Crater quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

ʻŌhaikea Houses within Hawaii County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of ʻŌhaikea Houses (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 6,507 acres in total. 1 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
Recreation and ceremony17
Equipment and vehicle use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkFOOTPRINTS
2 September 1995Debris and open burning5.0 acresHawaii Volcanoes National ParkLACY RANCH
9 August 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkMAWAE
5 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use3,572 acresHawaii Volcanoes National ParkKEAUHOU RANCH BRUSH FIRE
31 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresHawaii Volcanoes National ParkGRAVEL PIT
2 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkBABOO2E
17 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
8 July 2012Naturalunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkFOOTPRINTS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hawaii 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
ʻŌhaikea (historical)2.5 miles20
ʻĀinapō4.2 miles19
Volcano7.3 miles14
Mauna Loa Estates8.0 miles14
Royal Hawaiian Estates10.2 miles14
Glenwood12.9 miles14
ʻĀpua (historical)13.3 miles17
Fern Forest13.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2634504. 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.