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Puukolii, 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 lies near Puʻu Kekaʻa. The Survey maps it on the Lahaina quadrangle.

Puukolii within Maui County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

155 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Puukolii between 1998 and 2019, burning about 5,696 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/undetermined155

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
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
29 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined125 acresCounty of Mauinot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresState of Hawaiinot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined73 acresCounty of Mauinot named
22 September 2012Missing 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 Puukolii: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Hawaii BauxiteAluminumOccurrenceBauxite, Gibbsite

Every working recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

17 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Puukolii in 17 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 17 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
March 2017Heavy RainPuukolii-Maui Police reported the closure of portions of of S. Kihei Road, one near Kaonoulu Street and and another near Waipualani Road. Water was up to two feet deep in areas.
March 2021Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
February 2018Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
August 2018Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
August 2018Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
September 2016Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
December 2016Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
March 2015Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
August 2015Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
February 2014Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
May 2014Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
May 2014Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
March 2014Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
November 2011Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
March 2011Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
January 2011Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed
December 2010Heavy RainPuukolii-no account filed

Every storm 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
Kāʻanapali1.0 miles8
Kāʻanapali Landing1.1 miles8
Otani Camp (historical)1.1 miles8
Honokōwai1.6 miles8
Mahinahina Camp (historical)1.9 miles8
Crater Village2.5 miles8
Kapunakea2.9 miles8
Kahana3.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 364158. 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.