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Halepiula, Hawaii

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Paauhau-Paauilo census division. The Survey maps it on the Umikoa quadrangle.

Halepiula within Hawaii County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Halepiula between 2001 and 2006, burning about 665 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/undetermined3

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined315 acresState of Hawaiinot named
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined350 acresState of Hawaiinot named
4 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreState of Hawaiinot named

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
Keanakolu3.1 miles10
ʻUmikoa3.6 miles11
Hanaipoe3.8 miles11
Hopuwai6.4 miles10
Kūkaʻiau7.4 miles14
Paʻauilo7.9 miles14
Palihoʻoukapapa (historical)7.9 miles11
ʻŌʻōkala8.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365080. 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.