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Pulu, Hawaii

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Keaau-Mountain View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96771. The Survey maps it on the Mountain View quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Pulu within Hawaii County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

26 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Pulu (historical) between 2004 and 2011, burning about 14 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/undetermined26

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
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
15 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
1 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
7 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
6 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
19 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
18 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hawaii 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 Pulu (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Iilewa PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hawaii 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
Mountain View0.5 miles13
Kukui1.2 miles13
Ferndale (historical)1.7 miles13
Ohia (historical)2.1 miles13
Lehua (historical)2.8 miles13
Hawaiian Acres3.0 miles13
Elevenmile Homestead3.4 miles13
Fern Acres3.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1905561. 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.