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Kepuhi, Hawaii

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the West Molokai census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96770. It lies near Kakaʻako Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Ilio Point quadrangle.

Kepuhi within Maui County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 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

5 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Kepuhi between 2003 and 2011, burning about 16 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/undetermined5

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
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
8 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
25 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCounty of Mauinot named
6 March 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
11 March 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

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 Kepuhi: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Pahopaku Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

13 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kepuhi in 13 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 13 heavy rain. 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 2021Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
February 2020Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
February 2020Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
February 2020Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
September 2018Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
September 2018Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
October 2017Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
September 2016Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
May 2015Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
January 2013Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
March 2011Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
December 2010Heavy RainKepuhi-no account filed
December 2010Heavy RainKepuhi-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
Wahīlauhue1.3 miles6
Maunaloa4.2 miles6
Moʻomomi4.9 miles8
Mahana (historical)5.8 miles8
Hālena6.8 miles6
Hoʻolehua9.4 miles7
Kualapuʻu11.3 miles7
ʻUmipaʻa11.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365127. 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.