BlockʻĀinapō, Hawaii
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Kau census division. It lies near Kīlauea Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Wood Valley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 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.
- 1921 USGS Kilauea quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Kilauea quadrangle1:62500, 5 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
- 1967 USGS Wood Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 3 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Wood Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Wood Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of ʻĀinapō between 2003 and 2018, burning about 1,824 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | FOOTPRINTS |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | FOOTPRINTS FIRE |
| 23 February 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,824 acres | State of Hawaii | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ʻŌhaikea Houses (historical) | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| ʻŌhaikea (historical) | 6.6 miles | 20 | |
| Pāhala | 11.0 miles | 14 | |
| Volcano | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mauna Loa Estates | 11.9 miles | 14 | |
| Punaluʻu Kahawai | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Moaʻula (historical) | 12.6 miles | 14 | |
| ʻĀpua (historical) | 13.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365066. 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.