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Kōheo, Hawaii

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Molokai census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96748. It lies near Puʻumaninikolo. The Survey maps it on the Kaunakakai quadrangle.

Kōheo within Maui County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

32 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Kōheo between 1998 and 2012, burning about 20,476 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/undetermined32

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
4 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
29 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined7,800 acresState of Hawaiinot named
26 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresCounty of Mauinot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maui County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kōheo: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Manawaunui Quarry and MillStonePast Producer
Kaunakakai PitsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mayer QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Red Hill PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Maui 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
Kapaʻakea Colony (historical)0.2 miles7
Kaunakakai0.4 miles7
Kamiloloa0.8 miles9
Ranch Camp (historical)0.8 miles7
Manila Camp (historical)0.8 miles7
ʻUmipaʻa2.5 miles7
Kawela3.5 miles9
Kualapuʻu4.8 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365133. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.