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Karston, Hawaii

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Wahiawa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96786. It stands on North Kaukonahua Stream. The Survey maps it on the Haleiwa quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Karston within Honolulu County

On record in Karston

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 12 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

426 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 426 fires within 5 miles of Karston (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 10,391 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/undetermined425
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
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCity and County of Honolulunot named
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
7 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
6 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCity and County of Honolulunot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresState of HawaiiHONOULIULI OFFICE SOCKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Honolulu 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
Galbraith (historical)0.7 miles12
Whitmore Village1.3 miles12
Wahiawā1.6 miles12
Wheeler Field2.1 miles12
Waipiʻo Acres3.9 miles11
Kunia Camp4.1 miles12
Thompson Corner4.8 miles12
Mililani Town5.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1957261. 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.