BlockPāpaʻaloa, Hawaii
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the North Hilo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96780. It stands on Kaiwilahilahi Stream. The Survey maps it on the Papaaloa quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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 Honomu quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Papaaloa quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1980 USGS Papaaloa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Papaaloa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
16 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Pāpaʻaloa between 2003 and 2011, burning about 74 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 | 15 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 2 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 28 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 25 June 2004 | 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 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laupāhoehoe | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Welokā | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Niu Village | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Nīnole | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Kukui Village | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Milo Village | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| ʻŌʻōkala | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Honohina (historical) | 4.9 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Pāpaʻaloa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7264866 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 363109. 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.