BlockNiu Village, Hawaii
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the North Hilo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96774. It lies near Kaohaoha Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Kukaiau quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1915 USGS Hamakua quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Kukaiau quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Kukaiau quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Kukaiau quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Niu Village between 2003 and 2011, burning about 222 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 | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | State of Hawaii | not named |
| 28 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 28 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 3 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 19 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 28 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 21 February 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 20 February 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 70 acres | Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site | TELEPHONE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kukui Village | 0.3 miles | 14 | |
| Milo Village | 0.5 miles | 14 | |
| ʻŌʻōkala | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Laupāhoehoe | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pāpaʻaloa | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Kūkaʻiau | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Welokā | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Paʻauilo | 5.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 362668. 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.