Hakalau Forest Fire
The Hakalau Forest Fire burned 2,800 acres in Hawaii, in 2008. It was discovered on March 1, 2008, and contained on March 4, 2008.
- Size
- 2,800 acres
- Discovered
- March 1, 2008
- Contained
- March 4, 2008
- Cause
- Undetermined
Map
No perimeter survives for this fire; the map shows its reported point of origin. Point of origin as reported, 19.851, -155.346.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,800 acres
- Discovered
- March 1, 2008, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- March 4, 2008, 5:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Undetermined
- State
- Hawaii
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Reporting unit
- Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge
- Agency
- Fish and Wildlife Service
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Fire occurrence record
- FWS-2008HIHARD3XJ
Nearby
Sources
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.