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Paako, Hawaii

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Kula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96753. It lies near Puʻuōlaʻi. The Survey maps it on the Makena quadrangle.

Paako 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

9 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Paako between 2003 and 2011, burning about 1 acre 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/undetermined9

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/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
3 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
29 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
16 July 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
22 June 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
12 April 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
15 November 2004Missing 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 Paako: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Wailea MillStonePast Producer

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
Kanahena0.6 miles9
Onau (historical)0.8 miles9
Mākena2.0 miles9
Keoneʻōʻio2.1 miles9
ʻUlupalakua2.8 miles9
Wailea4.4 miles9
Maui Meadows5.1 miles9
Keawakapu (historical)5.5 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1987869. 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.