BlockBefore

Komohana Kai, Hawaii

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the North Kona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96740. The Survey maps it on the Kealakekua quadrangle.

Komohana Kai within Hawaii County

On record in Komohana Kai

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

116 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Komohana Kai between 2004 and 2012, burning about 70 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/undetermined116

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
3 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
18 August 2011Missing 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Komohana Kai: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Honokahau Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Keauaou QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Aliʻi Kai0.4 miles15
Sea View0.5 miles15
Hōlualoa1.3 miles15
Kuakini Heights1.3 miles15
Hillcrest1.3 miles14
White Sands Beach Estates1.3 miles15
Aloha Kona2.0 miles14
Laniākea2.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1905457. 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.