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Waiehu, 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 Waiehu Stream. The Survey maps it on the Wailuku quadrangle.

Waiehu within Maui County

On record in Waiehu

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.

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

212 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Waiehu between 2004 and 2019, burning about 9,408 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/undetermined212

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
4 September 2004Missing 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

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: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
Happy Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hcs Lime Pit and MillCalciumPast Producer
Maui Block MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

2 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waiehu in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2004: 2 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
May 2004Heavy RainWaiehu-Heavy showers caused ponding of roadways, and drainage ditch and small stream flooding in windward sections of west Maui, including the communities of Waiehu and Wailuku. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.
January 2003Heavy RainWaiehu-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
Waiehu Village0.9 miles10
Waiehu Camp1.1 miles10
Paukūkalo1.1 miles10
Waiheʻe1.2 miles10
Puʻuohala Village1.7 miles10
Happy Valley2.0 miles10
Wailuku2.1 miles10
Kahului2.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 364588. 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.