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Kaupakulua, 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 Huluhulunui Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Haiku quadrangle.

Kaupakulua within Maui County

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

150 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Kaupakulua between 2003 and 2012, burning about 4,172 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/undetermined150

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
2 September 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 Kaupakulua: 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

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kaupakulua in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2013: 3 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
February 2013Flash FloodKaupakulua-Kaupakalua Road was closed between West Kuiaha Road and Awalau Road because of high water.
February 2013Heavy RainKaupakulua-no account filed
February 2009Heavy RainKaupakulua-no account filed
September 2005Heavy RainKaupakulua-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
Ulumalu1.4 miles10
Kokomo1.5 miles10
Peahi (historical)2.1 miles10
Haʻikū2.4 miles10
Hāliʻimaile2.5 miles9
Paholoi (historical)2.7 miles9
Makawao2.9 miles10
Paʻuwela3.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 360748. 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.