Laeapuki Fire
The Laeapuki Fire burned 1,566 acres in Hawaii, in 1992. It was discovered on October 2, 1992, and contained on December 31, 1992. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 1,566 acres
- Discovered
- October 2, 1992
- Contained
- December 31, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 19.383, -155.100.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,566 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 870 acres
- Discovered
- October 2, 1992, 8:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- December 31, 1992, 9:00 a.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Undetermined
- State
- Hawaii
- Land ownership at origin
- National Park Service
- Reporting unit
- Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
- Agency
- National Park Service
- Unit
- HIHVP
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 1992-HIHVP-009231
- Fire occurrence record
- W-222286
- Note on the perimeter
- From WFMI
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 |
| Kawaihae Fire | 2,800 | May 8, 1992 | Human |
Nearby
Sources
Perimeters from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Interagency Fire Perimeter History, compiled from the Forest Service, BLM, BIA, Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, the Alaska Interagency Fire Center and CAL FIRE. 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.