BlockKapaahu, Hawaii
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 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 quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1922 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500, 2 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
23 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Kapaahu between 1992 and 2010, burning about 925 acres in total. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 22 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | KAMOAMOA |
| 11 August 1995 | Natural | 181 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | ILI AHI |
| 1 August 2002 | Natural | 100 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | MAU LOA |
| 7 July 2002 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | KUPUKUPUIK |
| 25 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 21 July 1998 | Natural | 30 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | KALUA |
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) | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Royal Gardens (historical) | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Kaimū | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Laeʻapuki (historical) | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Kehena | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Black Sands | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Kalapana Seaview Estates | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Kamaili | 7.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 360467. 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.