Waiakoa, Hawaii
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Kula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96790. It lies near Pōhakuokalā Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Kilohana quadrangle.
On record in Waiakoa
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.
Holy Ghost Catholic Churchlisted 1983 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Kilohana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kilohana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Kilohana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Waiakoa between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,542 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 | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 31 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 30 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 3 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | County of Maui | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Waiakoa: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maui Bauxite Deposit | Titanium, Metal, Aluminum | Occurrence | Bauxite, Ilmenite | |
| West Maui | Aluminum | Occurrence | Gibbsite | |
| West Maui | Aluminum | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pūlehu | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kaʻonoʻulu (historical) | 1.7 miles | 8 | |
| ʻŌmaʻopio | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Kēōkea | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Olinda | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pukalani | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Makawao | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Kaʻiliʻili (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 364506. 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.





