BlockKona South Estates, Hawaii
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Kau census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96737. The Survey maps it on the Pohue Bay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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.
- 1928 USGS Hoopuloa quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1962 USGS Pohue Bay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 3 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Pohue Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Pohue Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Kona South Estates between 2003 and 2017, burning about 133 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 | 27 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 18 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 16 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 7 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 5 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 21 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 9 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 22 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Garden Estates | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hawaiian Ocean View Ranchos | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hawaiian Ocean View | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hawaiian Ocean View Estates | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Manukā (historical) | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Niuʻōʻū (historical) | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kapuʻa (historical) | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Okoe (historical) | 7.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1905461. 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.