BlockKeanakolu, Hawaii
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Hilo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96774. It lies near Puʻulahohinu. The Survey maps it on the Keanakolu quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Keanakolu quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Keanakolu quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Keanakolu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Keanakolu between 2000 and 2008, burning about 2,805 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/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | State of Hawaii | not named |
| 28 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Hawaii Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex | MAULUA |
| 1 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,800 acres | Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge | HAKALAU FOREST |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Halepiula | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hopuwai | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| ʻUmikoa | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hanaipoe | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Laupāhoehoe | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| ʻŌʻōkala | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Milo Village | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pāpaʻaloa | 7.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 360990. 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.