Wailua Homesteads, Hawaii
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Wailua-Anahola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96746. It stands on Kalama Stream. The Survey maps it on the Kapaa quadrangle. 5,863 people lived here at the 2020 count.
On record in Wailua Homesteads
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 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Opaekaa Road Bridgelisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Pu'u'opae Bridgelisted 2005 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresWailua Homesteads grew from 5,188 to 5,863 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,188 | |
| 2020 | 5,863 | +675 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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 Kauai quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kapaa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Kapaa quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Kapaa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Kapaa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
215 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Wailua Homesteads between 2001 and 2016, burning about 2,165 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 211 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 27 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wailua Homesteads: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Water, Free, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Central Kauai Deposit | Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Water, Free, Silica | Prospect | 1949 | |
| Kapaia Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wailua Homesteads in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Wailua Homesteads | - | Maalo Road was closed beginning at 2:00pm near Wailua Falls Lookout due to flash flooding. Additionally, flash flooding also forced the closure of the cement bridge near Kawaihau. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Wailua Homesteads | - | Loop Road low water crossings became inundated near the Wailua River. Also, Kuhio Highway near the Hanalei Bridge was closed for a time because of water over the roadway. |
| March 2013 | Flash Flood | Wailua Homesteads | - | Emergency managers reported that Puupilo Road in Wailua Homesteads was closed due to flooding. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Wailua Homesteads | - | Kamalu Road closed near Wailua Homesteads Park because of flooding. |
| November 2009 | Flash Flood | Wailua Homesteads | - | Kapahi Bridge at Kahuna Road was closed because of flooding waters. |
| October 2008 | Flash Flood | Wailua Homesteads | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olohena | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Wailua House Lots | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wailua | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Papaloa | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Kapahi | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Waipouli | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Opaeopaeilio | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kawaihau | 3.5 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Wailua Homesteads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2315750 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2414267. 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.






