Waiko Rd Fire
The Waiko Rd Fire was reported on July 11, 2019 in Maui County, Hawaii and burned 9,000 acres. It is 99 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 9,000 acres
- Contained
- 99%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2019
- Personnel
- 34
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 20.849, -156.495.
The incident
- Size
- 9,000 acres
- Containment
- 99%
- Discovered
- July 11, 2019 at 10:40 AM HST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Central Valley of Maui; Kahului to North Kihei
- County
- Maui County
- State
- Hawaii
- Nearest city reported
- Kahului
- Personnel assigned
- 34
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Short Grass (1 foot)
- Estimated cost to date
- $400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2019-HICNTY-010111
- IRWIN identifier
- CF35B18C-2C3D-4F3B-9A6F-241F77A49BC3
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Waikapū, HI covers the area today.
Nearby
- Waikapū, HIUnder a mile northwest of the fire’s origin
- Wailuku, HI3 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Kahului, HI3 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Waihee-Waiehu, HI6 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Spreckelsville, HI6 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Kīhei, HI7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated July 28, 2019 at 12:24 PM HST. Identifier 2019-HICNTY-010111.