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Honokahua, Hawaii

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Lahaina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96761. It lies near Puakahuahua. The Survey maps it on the Napili quadrangle.

Honokahua within Maui County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

54 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Honokahua between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,363 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined73 acresCounty of Mauinot named
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
8 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
7 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
2 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
18 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
15 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maui County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Honokahua: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hawaii BauxiteAluminumOccurrenceBauxite, Gibbsite

Every working recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

34 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Honokahua in 34 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 34 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Heavy RainHonokahua-A couple of mainland visitors to Maui became stranded by rising waters on East Maui Irrigation property in the later afternoon on the 19th. A text message from the couple to a friend on the mainland was then relayed to the Maui police. A rescue crew from the Maui Fire Department was dispatched, and the two visitors were located just before dark and transported to safety. There were no serious injuries to anyone involved in the incident. Details are from the Maui News of October 21, 2010.
February 2021Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2021Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2021Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2021Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
December 2021Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2020Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2020Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
January 2020Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
November 2019Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
February 2018Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
December 2018Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
August 2018Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
October 2018Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
October 2018Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
November 2018Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2017Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
February 2017Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
February 2017Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
February 2017Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
April 2017Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
December 2017Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2016Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2015Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
April 2015Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
October 2015Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
October 2015Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
November 2015Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
September 2015Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
December 2014Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
July 2014Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
March 2014Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
December 2010Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed
November 2008Heavy RainHonokahua-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Maui County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kapalua0.2 miles10
Nāpili0.9 miles10
Honolua (historical)1.4 miles10
Kahana1.8 miles10
Honokōhau3.0 miles10
Mahinahina Camp (historical)3.0 miles8
Honokōwai3.5 miles8
Puukolii4.7 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 359285. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.