BlockBefore

Huelo, Hawaii

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Haiku-Pauwela census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96708. It stands on Huelo Stream. The Survey maps it on the Haiku quadrangle.

Huelo within Maui County

On record in Huelo

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

28 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Huelo between 2003 and 2012, burning about 4,020 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/undetermined28

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
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
11 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
9 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
7 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
3 July 2009Missing 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 Huelo: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free. 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
Maui Ferruginous BauxitesAluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica, Titanium, Water, FreeProspect1949

Every working recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

13 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huelo in 13 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 12 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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
March 2016Flash FloodHuelo-A hiker requested a rescue at the Bamboo Forest near Huelo on Maui because of flash flooding conditions.
July 2016Heavy RainHuelo-Debris flow across the Hana Highway between mile markers 6 and 7 in East Maui closed the roadway in both directions for a time. The rain was in advance of Tropical Storm Darby.
May 2014Heavy RainHuelo-A debris flow occurred along the Hana Highway one mile west of Keanae at 5:40 PM. The road was closed in the area for several hours as crews worked to open one lane by midnight. The road was completely reopened at 4:30 AM the next day, May 3rd, after most of the earth and debris had been removed.
November 2020Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
September 2016Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
January 2013Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
November 2012Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
December 2011Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
December 2011Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
December 2010Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
December 2009Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
December 2008Heavy RainHuelo-no account filed
September 2005Heavy RainHuelo-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
Kailua1.1 miles10
Ulumalu3.2 miles10
Peahi (historical)3.2 miles10
Kaupakulua3.9 miles10
Kaʻiliʻili (historical)4.8 miles10
Kokomo5.0 miles10
Haʻikū5.2 miles10
Paʻuwela5.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 359452. 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.