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Kahaluʻu, Hawaii

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the North Kona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96740. The Survey maps it on the Kealakekua quadrangle.

Kahaluʻu within Hawaii County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

72 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Kahaluʻu between 2004 and 2012, burning about 54 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/undetermined72

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
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
18 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
6 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
23 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
21 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
20 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hawaii County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kahaluʻu: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Keauaou QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
White Sands Beach Estates0.8 miles15
Kuakini Heights1.1 miles15
Keauhou1.3 miles15
Sea View1.6 miles15
Komohana Kai2.1 miles15
Aliʻi Kai2.3 miles15
Hōlualoa2.9 miles15
Honalo3.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 359685. 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.