BlockWailua, Hawaii
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96708. It lies near Puʻuililua. The Survey maps it on the Keanae quadrangle.
On record in Wailua
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.
Keanae Schoollisted 2000 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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 Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Keanae quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Keanae quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Keanae quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Wailua between 2008 and 2012, burning about 3 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 5 December 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wailua in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2022: 9 heavy rain. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2009 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | 2 killed | Heavy rain caused the Honomaele Stream to rise above its normal level. A married couple from Hana, Maui, apparently tried to cross the stream when it was flowing rapidly with the heavy rain waters. Their vehicle was located the next day downstream, but the man and wife were not found. |
| November 2006 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | - | Heavy trade wind showers produced ponding of roadways, and small stream and drainage ditch flooding in windward coastal and windward upslope areas of East Maui. There were no reports of serious injuries or property damage.| |
| May 2022 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | - | no account filed |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | - | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | - | no account filed |
| November 2019 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Heavy Rain | Wailua | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keʻanae | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Nāhiku | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Upper Nahiku | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| ʻUlaʻino (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kailua | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Honomāʻele (historical) | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Huelo | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kaʻiliʻili (historical) | 7.1 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 | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7960074 | 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 364738. 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.
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.