BlockMauna Loa Estates, Hawaii
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Keaau-Mountain View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96785. The Survey maps it on the Volcano quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Mauna Loa Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,019 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | MENESES |
| 23 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | STUMP |
| 28 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | SOLAR |
| 17 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | NAMAKANI PAIO |
| 29 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | PINAO |
| 27 July 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | VOLCANO HOUSE |
| 21 July 2001 | Smoking | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | LUA MANU 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volcano | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Royal Hawaiian Estates | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fern Forest | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Glenwood | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| ʻŌhaikea (historical) | 6.9 miles | 20 | |
| Eden Roc | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| ʻŌhaikea Houses (historical) | 8.0 miles | 20 | |
| Lehua (historical) | 8.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806899. 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.