BlockKeomuku, Hawaii
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1923 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lanai census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96763. It lies near Pohoula. The Survey maps it on the Lanai North 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
8 surveys from 9 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.
- 1923 USGS Island of Lanai quadrangle1:31680
- 1923 USGS Island of Lanai quadrangle1:62500
- 1925 USGS Island of Lanai quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Lanai North quadrangle1:25000
- 1992 USGS Lanai City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Keomuku (historical) between 2008 and 2012, burning about 2 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 | 10 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 14 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 21 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 24 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 24 December 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 28 November 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 5 January 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kōʻele (historical) | 0.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lānaʻi City | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lālākoa | 1.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kaumalapau | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lōpā | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Māla | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kapunakea | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Puunoa | 13.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 361122. 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.