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Lahuipuaa, Hawaii

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South Kohala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96743. The Survey maps it on the Puu Hinai quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lahuipuaa within Hawaii County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

87 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Lahuipuaa (historical) between 2004 and 2012, burning about 4,974 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/undetermined87

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/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
23 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
16 September 2005Missing 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lahuipuaa (historical): 1 past producer. None of them 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
Boase Number 1 Quarry and MillStone, 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
Waikoloa Beach Resort1.9 miles12
Waikoloa Village2.1 miles13
ʻAnaehoʻomalu2.3 miles12
Puakō2.4 miles13
Kapalaoa2.8 miles12
Weliweli3.7 miles12
Waikoloa4.1 miles13
Keawaiki4.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365141. 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.