BlockNawaa, Hawaii
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the East Molokai census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96748. It lies near Mālaʻe Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Kamalo OE S quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 Kamalo quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Kamalo quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Molokai East quadrangle1:25000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Nawaa (historical) between 2006 and 2012, burning about 17 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 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 26 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 22 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 21 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 6 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 23 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 20 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Nawaa (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khmalo Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2649845. 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.