Makiki Heights, Hawaii
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Honolulu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96822. It stands on Maunalaha Stream. The Survey maps it on the Honolulu quadrangle.
On record in Makiki Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 10 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Alfred Hocking Houselisted 1984 · 0.2 miles away
J. P. Mendonca Houselisted 1986 · 0.6 miles away
Dr. Robert Faus Houselisted 1987 · 0.7 miles away
Sacred Heart Churchlisted 2001 · 0.7 miles away
Punahou School Campuslisted 1972 · 0.8 miles away
George R. Ward Houselisted 2016 · 0.8 miles away
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacificlisted 1976 · 0.8 miles away
R. N. Linn Houselisted 1986 · 0.8 miles away
George D. Oakley Houselisted 1984 · 0.8 miles away- Ernest Shelton Van Tassel Houselisted 1981 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
746 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 746 fires within 5 miles of Makiki Heights between 1992 and 2017, burning about 954 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 | 746 |
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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Heights | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Punahou | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Kalakaua Homes | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Honolulu | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Chinatown | 1.5 miles | 13 | |
| Woodlawn | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mōʻiliʻili | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Puʻunui | 1.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 362102. 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.









