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Puopelu, Hawaii

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Kohala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96743. It lies near Haleʻaha Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Kamuela quadrangle.

Puopelu within Hawaii County

On record in Puopelu

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

9 surveys from 15 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

49 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Puopelu between 2004 and 2017, burning about 28,599 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/undetermined48
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
2 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
8 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
4 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
24 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
21 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Waimea0.6 miles15
Waiʻaka1.1 miles15
Kawailiʻulā (historical)1.2 miles15
Kūhiō Village1.4 miles15
Saddle Road Junction5.9 miles10
Akona6.7 miles11
Mānā6.8 miles11
Kaʻau7.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 363602. 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.