BlockMoʻomomi, Hawaii
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the West Molokai census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96729. It lies near Kakaʻaʻuʻuku Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Molokai Airport quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Molokai Airport quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Molokai Airport quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Molokai Airport quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Moʻomomi between 2003 and 2012, burning about 1,865 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 11 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 7 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 4 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 25 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 6 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | County of Maui | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahana (historical) | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Kepuhi | 4.9 miles | 6 | |
| Hoʻolehua | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Maunaloa | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| Wahīlauhue | 5.6 miles | 6 | |
| Kualapuʻu | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Maʻālehu | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Kīpū | 7.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365160. 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.