Kawaihae Fire
The Kawaihae Fire burned 2,800 acres in Hawaii, in 1992. It was discovered on May 8, 1992, and contained on May 9, 1992. The cause was recorded as recreation and ceremony.
- Size
- 2,800 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 1992
- Contained
- May 9, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,570 acres. Point of origin as reported, 20.026, -155.823.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,800 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,570 acres
- Discovered
- May 8, 1992, 1:30 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 9, 1992, 6:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Recreation and ceremony
- State
- Hawaii
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Reporting unit
- Puukohola Heiau National Historic Site
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- HI2003215580019920508
- MTBS assessment
- Initial (SS)
- Fire occurrence record
- W-222473
The three sizes are three measurements: the size the agency reported when the fire was out, the burned area MTBS drew from satellite imagery before and after, and the GIS area inside the final perimeter, unburned islands included. They rarely agree exactly.
Other large fires in Hawaii in 19922
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napau Fire | 4,700 | Feb 17, 1992 | Human |
| Laeapuki Fire | 1,566 | Oct 2, 1992 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Burned areas and ignition dates from Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (MTBS), a program of the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service. Fire reports from Short, Karen C. 2022, Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014], 6th Edition, Forest Service Research Data Archive, doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6. Records before 2014 were joined by this site: a fire report to the burned area its MTBS identifier names, a perimeter to the burned area it lies in when the names or the sizes agree.