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Kokomo, 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 near Puʻukiʻi. The Survey maps it on the Haiku quadrangle. It stands 1,467 feet above sea level.

Kokomo 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

169 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Kokomo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 8,710 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/undetermined167
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
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
18 September 2012Missing 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 Kokomo: 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

13 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kokomo in 13 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 7 flash flood, 6 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
January 2023Flash FloodKokomo-Makawao Avenue was closed at Maliko Gulch between Kee Road and Kokomo Road.
February 2017Flash FloodKokomo-Maui police reported heavy flooding on Kokomo Road at Makawao Avenue just north of Makawao.
December 2014Flash FloodKokomo-Kahului Police reported flooding around Maliko Gulch and Makawao Avenue.
February 2013Flash FloodKokomo-Makawao Avenue was closed between Kee Road and Kokomo Road because of high water.
February 2013Flash FloodKokomo-Kee Road was closed between Makawao Avenue and Baldwin Avenue due to flooding.
February 2013Flash FloodKokomo-Makawao Avenue was closed between Piiholo and Kokomo Road, also between Apana and Laie Road.
February 2013Flash FloodKokomo-Kaupakalua Road was closed near Haiku and Makawao avenues in Makawao because of high water.
March 2004Heavy RainKokomo-Heavy showers produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward areas of East Maui. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.
March 2004Heavy RainKokomo-Heavy rain and showers caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in windward sections of East Maui. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
April 2011Heavy RainKokomo-no account filed
January 2011Heavy RainKokomo-no account filed
November 2008Heavy RainKokomo-no account filed
January 2005Heavy RainKokomo-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
Makawao1.3 miles10
Kaupakulua1.5 miles10
Hāliʻimaile1.6 miles9
Paholoi (historical)2.3 miles9
Kaʻiliʻili (historical)2.6 miles10
Pukalani2.9 miles9
Ulumalu3.0 miles10
Kailua Village (historical)3.0 miles9

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on KokomoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6426751The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 361375. 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.