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Honolua, 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 Kahauiki Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Napili quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Honolua 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

44 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Honolua (historical) between 1998 and 2019, burning about 1,287 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/undetermined44

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
18 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
14 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
8 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
30 July 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 Honolua (historical): 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

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
Kapalua1.3 miles10
Honokahua1.4 miles10
Honokōhau1.7 miles10
Nāpili2.3 miles10
Kahana3.2 miles10
Mahinahina Camp (historical)4.1 miles8
Honokōwai4.9 miles8
Kahakuloa4.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 359328. 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.