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Kaunalewa, Hawaii

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Kekaha-Waimea census division. It lies near Kuapaʻa Valley. The Survey maps it on the Kekaha quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kaunalewa within Kauai County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

67 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Kaunalewa (historical) between 2003 and 2020, burning about 5,461 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/undetermined66
Debris and open burning1

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 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresState of Hawaiinot named
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Kaua'inot named
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
6 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
25 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreState of Hawaii3 MILE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Pokii1.8 miles7
Waieli2.6 miles7
Kekaha2.8 miles7
Mānā2.9 miles7
Waimea4.8 miles7
Nonopahu Village (historical)5.7 miles10
Kapalawai5.8 miles10
Kekupua6.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365114. 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.