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Kapaka, Hawaii

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kaumakani-Hanapepe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96769. It lies near Puu o Papai. The Survey maps it on the Hanapepe quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kapaka within Kauai County

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

159 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Kapaka (historical) between 2001 and 2017, burning about 1,217 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/undetermined157
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Kaua'inot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Kaua'inot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresState of Hawaiinot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCounty of Kaua'inot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kapaka (historical): 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Salt. 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
Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
Unnamed SaltSaltUnknown

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
Kaumakani0.5 miles10
Olokele0.6 miles10
Kaawanui Village1.5 miles10
Hanapēpē Heights1.5 miles10
Hanapēpē1.6 miles10
Pākalā Village1.7 miles10
Port Allen2.1 miles10
ʻEleʻele2.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365108. 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.