BlockMāla, Hawaii
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lahaina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96761. It stands on Kahoma Stream. The Survey maps it on the Lahaina quadrangle.
On record in Māla
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.
Wo Hing Society Buildinglisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lahaina quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Lahaina quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Lahaina quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
157 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Māla between 1998 and 2018, burning about 5,090 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/undetermined | 157 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | State of Hawaii | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kapunakea | 0.3 miles | 8 | |
| Puunoa | 0.4 miles | 8 | |
| Kelawea | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Lahaina | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Lunaville | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lahainaluna | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Crater Village | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Waineʻe | 1.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 362127. 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.