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Keaukaha, Hawaii

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hilo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96720. It lies near Mahikea Island. The Survey maps it on the Hilo quadrangle.

Keaukaha within Hawaii County

On record in Keaukaha

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

83 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Keaukaha between 2004 and 2012, burning about 16 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/undetermined83

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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
15 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
1 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hawaii County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Keaukaha: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hilo Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Keaau Mill and QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Yamada Hilo Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hawaii 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
Makaokū1.2 miles15
Waiākea1.7 miles15
Hilo2.3 miles15
Puʻuʻeo2.5 miles15
Wainaku2.8 miles15
Paukaa3.5 miles11
Pāpaʻi (historical)4.1 miles13
Pāpaʻikou4.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 361024. 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.