BlockKaimū, Hawaii
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Pahoa-Kalapana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96778. The Survey maps it on the Kalapana OE E quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.
On record in Kaimū
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1924 USGS Kalapana quadrangle1:62500, 4 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
- 1966 USGS Kalapana quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Kalapana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Kalapana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Kaimū between 1994 and 2010, burning about 117 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 10 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 1 August 2002 | Natural | 100 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | MAU LOA |
| 25 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 17 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kalapana (historical) | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Kapaahu | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kehena | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Black Sands | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Royal Gardens (historical) | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Kalapana Seaview Estates | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Kamaili | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Laeʻapuki (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Kaimū | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3191970 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365292. 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.