Ahuwela Fire
The Ahuwela Fire burned 1,400 acres in Hawaii, in 2000. It was discovered on February 24, 2000, and contained on February 25, 2000. The cause was recorded as debris and open burning.
- Size
- 1,400 acres
- Discovered
- February 24, 2000
- Contained
- February 25, 2000
- Cause
- Human
Map
The burned area boundary MTBS mapped from Landsat imagery, 1,482 acres. Point of origin as reported, 19.792, -155.367.
The record
- Reported final size
- 1,400 acres
- Burned area mapped by MTBS
- 1,482 acres
- Discovered
- February 24, 2000, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- February 25, 2000, 7:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Human, Debris and open burning
- State
- Hawaii
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Hawaii Pacific Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- MTBS fire identifier
- HI1979015534920000224
- MTBS assessment
- Extended
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2000HIBIR1247
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 20004
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,750 | Mar 20, 2000 | |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,178 | Sep 16, 2000 | |
| Broomsedge Fire | 1,008 | Jun 30, 2000 | Human |
| Unnamed Fire | 1,000 | Mar 15, 2000 |
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.