BlockKapaeloa, Hawaii
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Waialua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96712. It lies near Wānanapaoa Island. The Survey maps it on the Waimea quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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 Waimea quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Waimea quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Waimea quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Waimea quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Waimea quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
218 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Kapaeloa between 1993 and 2012, burning about 694 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/undetermined | 218 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawailoa Beach | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Waimea | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pūpūkea | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sunset Beach | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Haleʻiwa | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kamoʻoloa | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Waialeʻe | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Waialua | 4.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1904655. 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.