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Watersheds & Ahupuaʻa of Kauaʻi

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  Aliomana

  Aliomana. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: 2016 Aha Moku list and UH catalog document Aliomanu; no explicit declaration that 2010 Aliomana is an alias. Current GIS has ʻAliomanu objectid 29.. Moku: KOOLAU

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  Anahola

  Anahola. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Kilauea

  Kilauea. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Lapauli

  Lapauli. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: 2016 Aha Moku list and UH catalog document Lepeuli; no explicit alias declaration. Current GIS Lepeuli objectid 18.. Moku: KOOLAU

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  Moloaa

  Moloaa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Namahana

  Namahana. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.

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  Papaa

  Papaa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. M

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  Pilaa

  Pilaa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. M

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  Waiakalua

  Waiakalua. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately

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  Haena

  Haena. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. M

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  Lumahai

  Lumahai. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Kalihikai (Anini)

  Kalihikai (Anini). Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved se

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  Waikoko

  Waikoko. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Waioli

  Waioli. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Hanalei

  Hanalei. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Limahuli

  Limahuli. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: UH catalog puts Limahuli Stream and Falls in Haena. NTBG independently places Limahuli Garden in Haena ahupuaa. Independent Limahuli boundary unresolved.. Moku: HALELEA

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  Wainiha

  Wainiha. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Waipa

  Waipa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. M

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  Awawapuli

  Awawapuli. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: UH catalog documents Awaawapuhi ahupuaa and Wawapuhi as Boundary Commission spelling. No explicit equivalence to Awawapuli. Not in current State GIS Kauai layer.. Moku: NAPALI

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  Hanakoa

  Hanakoa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Kalalau

  Kalalau. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Kawaiki

  Kawaiki. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: 2016 Aha Moku list has Kaaweiki; UH catalog places Kaaweiki Ridge and Valley within Waimea. Kawaiki equivalence and boundary unresolved; do not substitute upland Kawaiiki.. Moku: NAPALI

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  Milolii

  Milolii. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog identifies Milolii as an ili/valley in Waimea, formerly an ahupuaa in the okana of Waimea; independent polygon unresolved.. Moku: NAPALI

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  Pohakuao

  Pohakuao. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.

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  Hanakapiai

  Hanakapiai. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separatel

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  Honopu

  Honopu. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Kauhao

  Kauhao. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog places Kauhao Ridge and Valley in Waimea; 2016 Aha Moku recognizes Kauhao in Napali list. Separate practitioner boundary unresolved.. Moku: NAPALI

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  Makaha

  Makaha. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog places Makaha Point, Ridge and Valley in Waimea; 2016 Aha Moku lists Makaha in Napali. Separate practitioner boundary unresolved.. Moku: NAPALI

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  Nualolo

  Nualolo. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog identifies Nualolo as ili/valley in Waimea, formerly ahupuaa in okana of Waimea. Nuololo/Nuulolo documented spellings. Independent polygon unresolved.. Moku: NAPALI

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  Koloa

  Koloa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. M

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  Kalahe’o

  Kalahe’o. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.

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  Kukuiula

  Kukuiula. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog assigns Kukuiula kula/village and Bay to Aepo; modern government addresses also use Koloa. Aepo is absent from current Kauai GIS, so Koloa cannot be treated as proven equivalent bound

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  Lawai

  Lawai. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. M

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  Mahaulepu

  Mahaulepu. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately

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  Weliweli

  Weliweli. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.

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  Waiawa

  Waiawa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog identifies western Waiawa as ili in Waimea, formerly ahupuaa in okana of Waimea; separate boundary unresolved. Another Waiawa is a Waikoko stream.. Moku: KONA

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  Mana

  Mana. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog identifies Mana as ili in Waimea, formerly ahupuaa in okana of Waimea. Report marks Mana as kalana. Independent practitioner boundary unresolved.. Moku: KONA

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  Waimea

  Waimea. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Haelele

  Haelele. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: No alias established. Eleele is ili ku in Hanapepe; Haelele/Haeleele also exists on west coast near Polihale and appears in 2016 Napali list. Do not alias automatically.. Moku: KONA

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  Hanapepe

  Hanapepe. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.

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  Kaulaula

  Kaulaula. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog places Kaulaula Valley in Waimea. Independent ahupuaa polygon unresolved.. Moku: KONA

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  Hoanuanu

  Hoanuanu. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog explicitly identifies Hoanuanu as an old name for Makaweli; feature is bay/place. This supports name association, not independently surveyed Hoanuanu bounds.. Moku: KONA

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  Niu

  Niu. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Western Niu Ridge/Valley in Waimea. Same catalog has Niu ili in Nawiliwili and Niu stream/boundary point in Namahana. Use Kona/western context; independent boundary unresolved.. Moku: KONA

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  Makaweli

  Makaweli. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.

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  Pokii (Kekaha)

  Pokii (Kekaha). Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Report explicitly associates Pokii with Kekaha. Catalog documents Pokii and Kekaha separately as formerly ahupuaa in okana of Waimea. No proof that their boundaries are identical.. Moku

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  Wahiawa

  Wahiawa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Polihala

  Polihala. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog places Polihale heiau, ridge, spring in Waimea. Polihala equivalence not explicitly established; independent practitioner boundary unresolved.. Moku: KONA

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  Wailua

  Wailua. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Kapaa

  Kapaa. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. M

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  Kealia

  Kealia. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Kamalomalo’o

  Kamalomalo’o. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separat

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  Waipoli

  Waipoli. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: 2016 Aha Moku list and UH catalog document Waipouli; no explicit alias declaration. Current GIS Waipouli objectid 37.. Moku: PUNA

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  Nawiliwili

  Nawiliwili. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separatel

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  Ninini

  Ninini. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog places Ninini heiau and Point in Kalapaki. Independent Ninini ahupuaa boundary unresolved.. Moku: PUNA

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  Nukolii

  Nukolii. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: 1982 Hawaii Supreme Court describes Nukolii property as located at Hanamaulu; county CIA documents Nukole/Nukolii/Nukoli names. Precise historic ahupuaa polygon not established.. Moku: PUNA

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  Kipu

  Kipu. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. Mo

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  Haiku

  Haiku. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately.. M

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  Hanamaulu

  Hanamaulu. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately

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  Kipukai

  Kipukai. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Traditional seaward extent is not supplied by this GIS layer; the mapped land polygon is a historic reference, not a land survey. Source-list moku and State GIS moku are preserved separately..

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  Lihue

  Lihue. Record type: ahupuaa. Evidence limits: Catalog places Lihue town within Kalapaki, while Lihue judicial district is historically Puna extending Kipu through Wailua. No single Lihue historic ahupuaa polygon established.. Moku: PUNA