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Portlock, Hawaii

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Honolulu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96825. It lies near Kuamoʻokāne. The Survey maps it on the Koko Head quadrangle.

Portlock within Honolulu County

On record in Portlock

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

283 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Portlock between 2001 and 2013, burning about 776 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/undetermined283

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/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
30 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCity 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Portlock: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Calcium. 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
Waimanalo Quarry and MillCalciumPast Producer

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
Hawaiʻi Kai0.4 miles12
Kuliʻouʻou1.3 miles12
Niu1.6 miles12
ʻĀina Haina2.4 miles12
Wailupe2.6 miles12
Kāhala4.0 miles13
Waimānalo Beach4.3 miles12
Waiʻalae4.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 363428. 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.