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Hopuwai, Hawaii

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Hilo census division. The Survey maps it on the Puaakala quadrangle.

Hopuwai within Hawaii County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 10 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

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hopuwai between 2000 and 2008, burning about 5,205 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning2

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
16 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresHawaii Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge ComplexPIIHONUA
4 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreState of Hawaiinot named
28 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresHawaii Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge ComplexMAULUA
1 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,800 acresHakalau Forest National Wildlife RefugeHAKALAU FOREST
24 February 2000Debris and open burning1,400 acresHawaii Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge ComplexAHUWELA
3 December 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresHakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge2008 2
7 November 2002Debris and open burning250 acresHawaii Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge ComplexPUA AKALA
16 November 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresHakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge2008 1

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
Puaʻākala4.1 miles10
Keanakolu4.8 miles10
Halepiula6.4 miles11
Hanaipoe9.4 miles11
ʻUmikoa9.5 miles11
Welokā10.7 miles13
Pāpaʻaloa10.8 miles13
Laupāhoehoe10.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 359438. 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.