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Kalapana, 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. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kalapana within Hawaii County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

21 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Kalapana (historical) between 1992 and 2010, burning about 141 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined18
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
10 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
27 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
22 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkKAMOAMOA
1 August 2002Natural100 acresHawaii Volcanoes National ParkMAU LOA
25 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named

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
Kaimū0.9 miles16
Kapaahu1.9 miles15
Royal Gardens (historical)3.2 miles15
Kehena3.8 miles14
Black Sands4.2 miles14
Kalapana Seaview Estates4.8 miles14
Laeʻapuki (historical)5.3 miles15
Kamaili6.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365298. 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.