BlockKalaupapa, Hawaii
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Kalawao census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96742. It lies near Puʻuʻuao. The Survey maps it on the Kaunakakai quadrangle. It stands 66 feet above sea level.
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On record in Kalaupapa
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
Kalaupapa National Historical ParkNational Historic Landmark · listed 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Kaunakakai quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Kaunakakai quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Molokai East quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Kaunakakai quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Kalaupapa between 1998 and 2016, burning about 44 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Kalaupapa National Historical Park | STATE KITCHEN |
| 29 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kalaupapa National Historical Park | BAND AID |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 13 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 12 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 6 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 19 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 14 June 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kalaupapa National Historical Park | MOVIE SET |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kalaupapa: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 Kalaupapa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2544383 | 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 360096. 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.