Waieli, Hawaii
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Kekaha-Waimea census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96752. It stands on Waieli Drain. The Survey maps it on the Kekaha quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Kauai quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kekaha quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Kekaha quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
24 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Waieli between 2003 and 2019, burning about 2,228 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 | 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | State of Hawaii | not named |
| 9 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 7 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 5 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 3 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 15 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mānā | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Kaunalewa (historical) | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Pokii | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Kekaha | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Waimea | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Kapalawai | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Nonopahu Village (historical) | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Kekupua | 8.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1853131. 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.




