Puʻuʻeo, Hawaii
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hilo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96720. It stands on Wailuku River. The Survey maps it on the Hilo quadrangle.
On record in Puʻuʻeo
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 12 of 16 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Levi and Netti Lyman Houselisted 2011 · 0.1 miles away
U.S. Post Office and Office Buildinglisted 1974 · 0.2 miles away
W.H. Hill Houselisted 2011 · 0.2 miles away
Hilo Masonic Lodge Hall-Bishop Trust Buildinglisted 1994 · 0.2 miles away
Edward H. and Claire Moses Houselisted 2011 · 0.3 miles away
A. J. Williamson Houselisted 1997 · 0.3 miles away
Volcano Block Buildinglisted 1993 · 0.3 miles away
W. H. Shipman Houselisted 1978 · 0.4 miles away
Rev. D. B. Lyman Houselisted 1978 · 0.4 miles away
District Courthouse and Police Stationlisted 1979 · 0.4 miles away
Waiakea Mission Station-Hilo Stationlisted 2002 · 0.4 miles away
S. Hata Buildinglisted 1991 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Puʻuʻeo between 1999 and 2012, burning about 88 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 | 94 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 26 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Puʻuʻeo: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilo Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Keaau Mill and Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Yamada Hilo Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 364128. 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.










