Napau Fire
The Napau Fire burned 4,700 acres in Hawaii, in 1992. It was discovered on February 17, 1992, and contained on May 26, 1992. The cause was recorded as human.
- Size
- 4,700 acres
- Discovered
- February 17, 1992
- Contained
- May 26, 1992
- Cause
- Human
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 3,997 acres. Point of origin as reported, 19.383, -155.133.
The record
- Reported final size
- 4,700 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 3,997 acres
- Discovered
- February 17, 1992, 10:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- May 26, 1992, 4:00 p.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-009217
- Fire occurrence record
- W-222272
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kawaihae Fire | 2,800 | May 8, 1992 | Human |
| Laeapuki Fire | 1,566 | Oct 2, 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.