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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.

Wailua Homesteads within Kauai County

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Wailua 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.

YearPeople Change
20105,188
20205,863+675 (+13%)

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

215 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined211
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
27 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Kaua'inot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kauai County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
East Central Kauai DepositAluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Water, Free, SilicaProspect1949
Kapaia Valley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Kauai County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2023Flash FloodWailua 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 2017Flash FloodWailua 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 2013Flash FloodWailua Homesteads-Emergency managers reported that Puupilo Road in Wailua Homesteads was closed due to flooding.
March 2012Flash FloodWailua Homesteads-Kamalu Road closed near Wailua Homesteads Park because of flooding.
November 2009Flash FloodWailua Homesteads-Kapahi Bridge at Kahuna Road was closed because of flooding waters.
October 2008Flash FloodWailua Homesteads-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Kauai 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
Olohena1.2 miles10
Wailua House Lots1.8 miles10
Wailua2.3 miles10
Papaloa2.6 miles10
Kapahi2.9 miles10
Waipouli2.9 miles10
Opaeopaeilio3.5 miles9
Kawaihau3.5 miles10

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 HomesteadsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2315750The 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.