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Mālaʻe, Hawaii

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Koolaupoko census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96744. It lies near Puʻupāpaʻa. The Survey maps it on the Mokapu Point quadrangle.

Mālaʻe within Honolulu County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

225 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Mālaʻe between 2001 and 2013, burning about 660 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/undetermined225

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
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresCity and County of Honolulunot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresCity and County of Honolulunot named
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity 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 Mālaʻe: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Kapah Quarry and MillStoneProducer

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
Keaʻalu0.7 miles14
Mahinui0.9 miles14
Kokokahi1.1 miles13
Kailua1.9 miles14
Pūʻōhala Village2.0 miles13
Kāneʻohe2.2 miles13
Heʻeia2.4 miles13
Pōhākupu2.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 362130. 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.