BlockFrom the record
One of 41 National Register listings published here for Maui County · listed in 1979 · category: Structure.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
R. W. Meyer Sugar Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 sitess, 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
- Listed as. Meyer, R. W., Sugar Mill - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
- Address. HI 47, Kalae, 96757
- When was it listed? September 1979
- Category. structure
- Census division. West Molokai
- National Register reference number. 79000762 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
36 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of R. W. Meyer Sugar Mill between 1998 and 2016, burning about 20,564 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 | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Other causes | under an acre | Kalaupapa National Historical Park | STATE KITCHEN |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 29 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Kalaupapa National Historical Park | BAND AID |
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 29 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,800 acres | State of Hawaii | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | County of Maui | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of R. W. Meyer Sugar Mill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manawaunui Quarry and Mill | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Kaunakakai Pits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Red Hill Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Map coverage status
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.
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | U.S. Coast Guard Molokai Light | 4.2 miles | 1982 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79000762 in Record Group 79. |
| Maui County | All 41 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.