BlockMakalawena, Hawaii
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the North Kona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96740. It lies near Kuili. The Survey maps it on the Makalawena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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 Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Makalawena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 1 quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Makalawena quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Makalawena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Makalawena between 2004 and 2011, burning about 141 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 | 17 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 31 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 10 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 5 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 3 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 25 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 22 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahaiʻula | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Kūkiʻo | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kaʻūpūlehu | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Huʻehuʻe | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Kalaoa | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Kīholo | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Kaloko | 6.9 miles | 14 | |
| Palani Junction | 7.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365150. 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.