Napau Fire
The Napau Fire burned 2,076 acres in Hawaii, in 2011. It was discovered on March 5, 2011, and contained on April 21, 2011. The cause was recorded as natural.
- Size
- 2,076 acres
- Discovered
- March 5, 2011
- Contained
- April 21, 2011
- Cause
- Natural
Map
The final perimeter from the Interagency Fire Perimeter History, 2,076 acres, mapped by differential gps. Point of origin as reported, 19.380, -155.124.
The record
- Reported final size
- 2,076 acres
- Area inside the final perimeter
- 2,076 acres
- Discovered
- March 5, 2011, 2:00 p.m. local time
- Contained
- April 21, 2011, 4:00 p.m. local time
- Cause
- Natural
- 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
- 2011-HIHVP-000111
- Fire occurrence record
- W-619916
- Perimeter map method
- Differential GPS
- 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 20111
| Fire | Acres | Start | Cause |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Fire | 1,100 | Oct 4, 2011 |
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.