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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.

Kahakuloa within Maui County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 7 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

20 since 2008

Regional 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/undetermined20

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
11 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
3 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
25 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
18 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
3 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
10 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
20 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
17 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

15 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2021Heavy RainKahakuloa-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 2014Flash FloodKahakuloa-Flooding in Kahakuloa Stream inundated the bridge in Kahakuloa town in windward West Maui and briefly closed Kahekili Highway in that area.
December 2006Heavy RainKahakuloa-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 2020Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
May 2020Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
May 2016Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
February 2016Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
September 2015Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
February 2015Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
August 2013Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
January 2013Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
May 2011Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
November 2009Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
July 2009Heavy RainKahakuloa-no account filed
March 2006Flash FloodKahakuloa-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
Honokōhau3.4 miles10
Honolua (historical)4.9 miles10
Waiheʻe4.9 miles10
Kapalua5.6 miles10
Honokahua5.8 miles10
Waiehu Village5.9 miles10
Waiehu Camp6.0 miles10
Waiehu6.0 miles10

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.