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Photograph of Keahole Point
Photograph by Ross Cordy, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Kalaoa Permanent House Site 10,205

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“Point is the westernmost point of the island of The Kona International Airport was moved here from directly north of the town of Kailua-Kona in 1970, when the previous smaller airstrip was converted into the Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area.”

Wikipedia article Keahole Point, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 107 National Register listings published here for Hawaii County · listed in 1992 · category: Site.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 site as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. Near Kalihi Pt., Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii, Kailua-Kona, 96740
  • When was it listed? November 1992
  • Category. site
  • Census division. North Kona
  • National Register reference number. 92001552 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

43 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Kalaoa Permanent House Site 10,205 between 1992 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
15 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
31 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
11 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresCounty of Hawai'inot named
10 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
6 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
5 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named

Every fire recorded in Hawaii County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kalaoa Permanent House Site 10,205: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Honokahau PitStonePast Producer
Honokahau Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hawaii County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park3.2 miles1978
Kamakahonu, Residence Of King Kamehameha I7.0 miles1966
Mokuaikaua Church7.0 miles1978
Hulihee Palace7.0 miles1973
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau National Historical Park7.1 miles1966

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001552 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Hawaii CountyAll 107 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • 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.