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Waikoloa, Hawaii

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South Kohala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96738. The Survey maps it on the Puu Hinai quadrangle.

Waikoloa within Hawaii County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

94 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Waikoloa between 2004 and 2012, burning about 16,638 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/undetermined94

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
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
6 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
20 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
29 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
29 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
25 August 2010Missing 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 Waikoloa: 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
Boase Number 1 Quarry and MillStone, 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
Waikoloa Village2.1 miles13
Puakō3.5 miles13
Lahuipuaa (historical)4.1 miles13
Waikoloa Beach Resort5.4 miles12
Saddle Road Junction5.4 miles10
ʻAnaehoʻomalu5.5 miles12
Waikui5.9 miles14
Kapalaoa6.0 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q49370371The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1905603. 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.