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Paʻuwela, 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 in ZIP code area 96708. It lies in Paʻuwela Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Haiku quadrangle.

Paʻuwela within Maui County

On record in Paʻuwela

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.

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

121 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Paʻuwela between 2003 and 2012, burning about 4,156 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/undetermined121

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
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
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 2010Missing 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 Paʻuwela: 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

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
Haʻikū1.1 miles10
Hāmākuapoko (historical)1.8 miles9
Peahi (historical)2.0 miles10
Ulumalu2.4 miles10
Kūʻau2.7 miles9
Kaupakulua3.2 miles10
School Village (historical)3.3 miles9
Nashiwa Village (historical)3.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1852853. 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.