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Kuliʻouʻou, Hawaii

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Honolulu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96821. It lies in Kuliʻouʻou Valley. The Survey maps it on the Koko Head quadrangle.

Kuliʻouʻou within Honolulu County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 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

358 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Kuliʻouʻou between 2001 and 2017, burning about 1,008 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/undetermined358

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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCity and County of Honolulunot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Honolulu County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Kuliʻouʻou: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Waimanalo Quarry and MillCalciumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Honolulu 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
Niu0.7 miles12
Portlock1.3 miles12
ʻĀina Haina1.5 miles12
Hawaiʻi Kai1.6 miles12
Wailupe2.0 miles12
Maunalani Heights3.3 miles13
Kāhala3.4 miles13
Waimānalo Beach3.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 361580. 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.