Kahakuloa, Hawaii
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Waihee-Waikapu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96793. It stands on Kahakuloa Stream. The Survey maps it on the Kahakuloa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 7 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Kahakuloa quadrangle1:24000
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kahakuloa quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Kahakuloa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Kahakuloa between 2008 and 2012, burning about 5 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/undetermined | 20 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 3 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 25 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 18 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 3 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 10 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 20 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 17 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kahakuloa in 15 storm reports between 2006 and 2021: 13 heavy rain, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2021 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | A 26-year-old woman died when she was swept out to sea after the place where she was swimming near Hana became swollen by rainwater that had fallen over the upper slopes of Haleakala. |
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Kahakuloa | - | Flooding in Kahakuloa Stream inundated the bridge in Kahakuloa town in windward West Maui and briefly closed Kahekili Highway in that area. |
| December 2006 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | Heavy showers over parts of West Maui caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding on roadways. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.| |
| March 2020 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| May 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| February 2016 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| February 2015 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| August 2013 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| January 2013 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| November 2009 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| July 2009 | Heavy Rain | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Kahakuloa | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honokōhau | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Honolua (historical) | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Waiheʻe | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kapalua | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Honokahua | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Waiehu Village | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Waiehu Camp | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Waiehu | 6.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 359668. 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.
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.





