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Pālehua, Hawaii

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ewa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96707. It lies near Maunakapu. The Survey maps it on the Schofield Barracks quadrangle.

Pālehua within Honolulu County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

1,319 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,319 fires within 5 miles of Pālehua between 2001 and 2019, burning about 8,306 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined1318
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCity and County of Honolulunot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Honolulu County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pālehua: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Makakilo Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Barbers Point Limestone PitCalciumPast Producer
Waianea QuarryCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Honolulu County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Akupu0.3 miles12
Nānākuli2.9 miles13
Mikilua Camp (historical)3.0 miles12
Makakilo City3.5 miles14
Village Park3.7 miles12
Honokai Hale3.8 miles14
East Kapolei4.0 miles14
Honouliuli4.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 363029. 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.