Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.
“The Waimalu Shopping Center is a shopping center located in Waimalu, Hawaii. It opened March 15, 1960 as Waimalu Super Market.”
Wikipedia article Waimalu Shopping Center, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 154 National Register listings published here for Honolulu County · listed in 2021 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 929 fires within 5 miles of Waimalu Shopping Center between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,973 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 | 928 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Waimalu Shopping Center: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halawa Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waimalu, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 5 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2025 | Flood | Waimalu | - | Multiple roads reportedly had several feet of water, due to poor drainage. These roads included Richards Street, H-1 westbound under Radford Drive, and Nimitz Highway near the Likelike Highway. Additionally, there was a water rescue in Kalihi. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Waimalu | - | The three right lanes of the east-bound H-1 Freeway became impassable after flooding from heavy rain. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Waimalu | - | Two lanes along H-1 westbound near the Waimalu off-ramp on Oahu were flooded and became impassable. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Waimalu | - | no account filed |
| November 2020 | Heavy Rain | Waimalu | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Heavy Rain | Waimalu | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Heavy Rain | Waimalu | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Heavy Rain | Waimalu | - | no account filed |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | USS BOWFIN | 1.3 miles | 1982 |
 | USS UTAH Wreck | 1.4 miles | 1989 |
 | USS ARIZONA Wreck | 1.4 miles | 1989 |
 | U.S.S. ARIZONA Memorial | 1.4 miles | 1966 |
| Naval Aviation Supply Depot Personnel Camp Quonset Hut 33 | 1.8 miles | 2023 | |
 | CINCPAC Headquarters | 1.8 miles | 1987 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100006350 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Honolulu County | All 154 listed properties in this county. |
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