Saddle Road Junction, Hawaii
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the South Kohala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96743. It lies near Nohonaohaeiki. The Survey maps it on the Nohonaohae quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Nohonaohae quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 1 quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Nohonaohae quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Nohonaohae quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Saddle Road Junction between 2004 and 2018, burning about 51,122 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/undetermined | 33 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 2 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 12 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 8 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 29 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 21 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saddle Road Junction: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saddle Road Junction in 14 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 11 heavy rain, 3 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2022 | Flash Flood | Saddle Road Junction | - | Highway 190 on the Big Island was closed between the Saddle Road junction and Waimea due to flooding waters that overflowed from Kamakoa Gulch. This was an impact from the Mana Road burn scar, the result of an earlier fire that devastated the local area. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Saddle Road Junction | - | Civil defense reported flooding on Highway 190 between mile markers 6 and 8, with barricades being placed around the flood waters. |
| December 2010 | Flash Flood | Saddle Road Junction | - | A portion of Mamalahoa Highway, Highway 190, between mile posts 2 and 7 was closed at Kamakoa Gulch because of flooding. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| February 2021 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| December 2020 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| July 2016 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Heavy Rain | Saddle Road Junction | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waikoloa | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Waikiʻi | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Puopelu | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Kūhiō Village | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Waimea | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Kawailiʻulā (historical) | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Waiʻaka | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Keʻāmuku (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 365185. 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.







