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Makakilo City, Hawaii

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ewa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96707. It lies near Puʻupālailai. The Survey maps it on the Ewa quadrangle.

Makakilo City within Honolulu County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

1,361 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,361 fires within 5 miles of Makakilo City between 2001 and 2018, burning about 6,562 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined1360
Natural1

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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
9 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCity and County of Honolulunot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Honolulu County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Makakilo City: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Limestone, General, Clay, Stone. 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
Cyprus Hawaiian Cement Corp.Limestone, General, ClayProducer
Makakilo Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Barbers Point Limestone PitCalciumPast Producer
Barbers Point MillCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Honolulu County

Storms near this place

17 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Makakilo City in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 9 heavy rain, 4 funnel cloud, 2 flood, 1 flash flood. The reports record 6 injuries. 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
May 1999FloodMakakilo City6 hurtno account filed
March 2026LightningMakakilo City$50,000A lightning strike destroyed a transmission pole in the Campbell Industrial area at about 2 am.
May 2016Funnel CloudMakakilo City-Individuals with the Department of Emergency Management reported a funnel cloud over Makakilo in leeward Oahu. It did not cause any damage or affect air operations.
February 2008Flash FloodMakakilo City-After heavy rain, flood waters became 3 to 4 feet deep on westbound lanes of the H-1 Freeway near Makakilo in leeward Oahu.
May 2004Heavy RainMakakilo City-Heavy showers and steady rain produced ponding of roadways and small stream and drainage ditch flooding in southern parts of Oahu. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
March 2020Heavy RainMakakilo City-no account filed
May 2016Heavy RainMakakilo City-no account filed
May 2016Heavy RainMakakilo City-no account filed
October 2015Heavy RainMakakilo City-no account filed
January 2006Heavy RainMakakilo City-no account filed
October 2006Heavy RainMakakilo City-no account filed
January 2005Heavy RainMakakilo City-no account filed
May 2002Heavy RainMakakilo City-no account filed
February 2001FloodMakakilo City-no account filed
April 1999Funnel CloudMakakilo City-no account filed
August 1997Funnel CloudMakakilo City-no account filed
December 1997Funnel CloudMakakilo City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Honolulu 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
Waimanalo Village1.0 miles14
Honokai Hale1.4 miles14
Sisal1.4 miles14
Kapolei1.4 miles14
Varona Village2.3 miles14
Tenney Village2.4 miles14
ʻEwa Villages2.5 miles14
ʻEwa2.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 362042. 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.