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Waiehu Camp, Hawaii

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Waihee-Waikapu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96793. It stands on South Waiehu Stream. The Survey maps it on the Wailuku quadrangle.

Waiehu Camp within Maui County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

203 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Waiehu Camp between 2004 and 2019, burning about 9,384 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/undetermined203

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/undetermined5.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
19 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maui County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Waiehu Camp: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Block MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Happy Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waikapu Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Waiehu Village0.2 miles10
Waiehu1.1 miles10
Puʻuohala Village1.2 miles10
Waiheʻe1.2 miles10
Happy Valley1.5 miles10
Paukūkalo1.6 miles10
Wailuku1.7 miles10
Hopoi Village (historical)2.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2574271. 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.