BlockNiuʻōʻū, Hawaii
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Kona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96704. It lies near Ohepuupuu. The Survey maps it on the Manuka Bay quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Niuʻōʻū
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Ahole Holua Complexlisted 1973 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 12 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.
- 1928 USGS Hoopuloa quadrangle1:62500
- 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
- 1962 USGS Manuka Bay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 3 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Manuka Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Manuka Bay quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Niuʻōʻū (historical) between 2004 and 2007, burning about 1 acre 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 February 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 5 November 2007 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapuʻa (historical) | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Okoe (historical) | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Manukā (historical) | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Miloliʻi | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Hoʻōpūloa | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Pāpā (historical) | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pāpā Bay Estates | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kona South Estates | 6.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1905529. 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.