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Varona Village, Hawaii

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ewa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96706. It lies near Makalapa Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Ewa quadrangle.

Varona Village within Honolulu County

On record in Varona Village

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 1 record

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 14 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

1,326 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,326 fires within 5 miles of Varona Village between 2001 and 2018, burning about 2,437 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined1325
Natural1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Varona Village: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Limestone, General, Clay, Stone. 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
Cyprus Hawaiian Cement Corp.Limestone, General, ClayProducer
Makakilo Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Barbers Point Limestone PitCalciumPast Producer
Barbers Point MillCalciumProducer
Ewa PitCalciumPast 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
Tenney Village0.4 miles14
ʻEwa0.5 miles14
ʻEwa Villages0.6 miles14
Renton Village0.7 miles14
ʻEwa Gentry1.0 miles14
Kapolei1.1 miles14
Sisal1.2 miles14
Fernandez Village1.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 364393. 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.