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Kailua, 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 lies near Puʻukūkae. The Survey maps it on the Haiku quadrangle.

Kailua within Maui County

On record in Kailua

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

24 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Kailua between 2003 and 2012, burning about 4,010 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/undetermined24

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 Kailua: 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

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
Huelo1.1 miles10
Ulumalu3.9 miles10
Peahi (historical)4.0 miles10
Kaupakulua4.3 miles10
Kaʻiliʻili (historical)4.3 miles10
Keʻanae4.4 miles8
Kokomo5.2 miles10
Wailua5.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 359893. 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.