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Wailuku Heights, Hawaii

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Wailuku census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96793. It lies near ʻĪao Valley. The Survey maps it on the Wailuku quadrangle.

Wailuku Heights within Maui County

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

221 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Wailuku Heights between 2003 and 2019, burning about 22,894 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/undetermined220
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined570 acresState of Hawaiinot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
28 September 2011Missing 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
22 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 Wailuku Heights: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Maui Block MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Happy Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waikapu Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wailuku Heights in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2016: 3 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
September 2016Flash FloodWailuku Heights-Flash flood waters along the Wailuku River inundated the Iao Valley. There was significant damage at the Iao Valley State Park and Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens County Park. Also, a debris flow and flooding occurred along Honoapiilani Highway between Maalaea and Lahaina.
September 2016Flash FloodWailuku Heights-An emergency manager reported two homes in Iao Valley inundated with water overflowing from the Wailuku River (Iao Stream). The waterway had been rerouted by the extreme downpours that had occurred, and this was likely causing the problem of water getting into the residents' homes.
August 2015Flash FloodWailuku Heights-Inundation forced the closure of Iao Valley State Park near Wailuku on the island of Maui.

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
Hopoi Village (historical)0.5 miles10
Happy Valley1.2 miles10
Wailuku1.3 miles10
Waikapū1.3 miles10
Puʻuohala Village1.6 miles10
Kahului2.3 miles10
Hyashi Village (historical)2.6 miles10
Waiehu Camp2.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 364758. 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.