Kawaihau, Hawaii

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.

• 1954 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000
• 1963 USGS Kapaa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1967 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000
• 1970 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1978 USGS Kapaa quadrangle1:24000
• 1983 USGS Kapaa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
• 1996 USGS Kapaa quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Kawaihau between 2001 and 2016, burning about 2,499 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Kapaʻa
• Keālia
• Kapahi
• Kumukumu
• Waipouli
• Anahola

Every fire recorded in Kauai County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kawaihau: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Every working recorded in Kauai County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 360792. 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.