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Olinda, Hawaii

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Makawao-Paia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96768. It lies near Puʻuʻalaea. The Survey maps it on the Kilohana quadrangle.

Olinda within Maui County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Olinda between 1992 and 2017, burning about 267 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/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
9 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
7 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCounty of Mauinot named
5 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
31 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maui County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Olinda: 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Titanium, Metal, Aluminum. 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 Bauxite DepositTitanium, Metal, AluminumOccurrenceBauxite, Ilmenite
West MauiAluminumOccurrenceGibbsite
West MauiAluminumOccurrence

Every working 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
ʻŌmaʻopio2.5 miles9
Kaʻiliʻili (historical)2.5 miles10
Pūlehu3.2 miles9
Makawao3.3 miles10
Pukalani3.6 miles9
Waiakoa4.1 miles9
Kokomo4.2 miles10
Hāliʻimaile5.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2649860. 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.