BlockKukuiʻula, Hawaii
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Koloa-Poipu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96756. It stands on Waikomo Stream. The Survey maps it on the Koloa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Koloa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Koloa quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Koloa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Kukuiʻula between 2001 and 2012, burning about 594 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 | 113 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | State of Hawaii | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 30 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 20 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kukuiʻula: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Stone, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chang Mill | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kapeku Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Mahaulepu Quarry and Mill | Calcium | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 361550. 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.