BlockNuʻu, Hawaii
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Hana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96713. It lies near Hāwelewele Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Kaupo 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.
- 1954 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Kaupo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kaupo quadrangle1:24000
- 1996 USGS Kaupo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
7 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Nuʻu (historical) between 2003 and 2019, burning about 5,273 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,839 acres | State of Hawaii | not named |
| 9 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,100 acres | State of Hawaii | not named |
| 2 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 4 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 12 February 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 21 November 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | State of Hawaii | EMERGENCY RESPONSEKAHIKINUI DHHL FIRE |
| 21 January 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365162. 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.