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Kapaia, Hawaii

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Puhi-Hanamaulu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96766. It lies near Kalepa. The Survey maps it on the Kapaa quadrangle.

Kapaia within Kauai County

On record in Kapaia

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 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

265 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Kapaia between 2001 and 2016, burning about 2,104 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/undetermined262
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
26 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
25 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCounty of Kaua'inot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kauai County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kapaia: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Water, Free, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bluestone Quarry and MillStoneProducer
East Central Kauai DepositAluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Water, Free, SilicaProspect1949
45 Hm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kapaia Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kauai 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
Hanamāʻulu0.4 miles10
Līhuʻe1.4 miles8
Pua Loke1.7 miles8
Ulu Mahi1.8 miles8
Kupolo1.9 miles8
Ulu Ko2.0 miles8
Puhi2.6 miles8
Nāwiliwili2.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 360483. 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.