BlockKealakomo, Hawaii
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Kau census division. The Survey maps it on the Makaopuhi Crater quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1922 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Makaopuhi Crater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Makaopuhi Crater quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Makaopuhi Crater quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Makaopuhi Crater quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Kealakomo (historical) between 1992 and 2011, burning about 6,995 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | KEALAKOMO |
| 30 August 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | BLACKDOG |
| 22 August 2002 | Smoking | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | PAOA |
| 16 August 1993 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | HAIRPIN |
| 18 July 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | KEAUHOU FIRE |
| 3 June 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | KEALAKOMO |
| 12 May 2003 | Natural | 4,930 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | LUHI FIRE |
| 4 March 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | KEALAKOMO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| ʻĀpua (historical) | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Laeʻapuki (historical) | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Royal Gardens (historical) | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Kapaahu | 8.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kalapana (historical) | 10.6 miles | 16 | |
| Kaimū | 11.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mauna Loa Estates | 11.5 miles | 14 | |
| Volcano | 11.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365118. 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.