Honolulu, Hawaii
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Honolulu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96813. It stands on Pauoa Stream. The Survey maps it on the Honolulu quadrangle. 350,964 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 39 feet above sea level.
On record in Honolulu
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 113 shown
Chamberlain HouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
FALLS OF CLYDENational Historic Landmark · listed 1973
Hickam FieldNational Historic Landmark · listed 1985
Iolani PalaceNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Palm Circle Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1984
USS ARIZONA WreckNational Historic Landmark · listed 1989
USS BOWFINNational Historic Landmark · listed 1982
USS UTAH WreckNational Historic Landmark · listed 1989
Washington PlaceNational Historic Landmark · listed 1973
Alexander and Baldwin Buildinglisted 1979
Aliiolani Halelisted 1972
Aloha Towerlisted 1976
Population over time
9 figuresHonolulu grew from 22,907 to 350,964 between 1890 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 22,907 | |
| 1900 | 39,306 | +16,399 (+72%) |
| 1920 | 83,327 | +44,021 (+112%) |
| 1930 | 137,582 | +54,255 (+65%) |
| 1950 | 248,034 | +110,452 (+80%) |
| 1970 | 324,871 | +76,837 (+31%) |
| 1990 | 365,272 | +40,401 (+12%) |
| 2010 | 390,738 | +25,466 (+7%) |
| 2020 | 350,964 | -39,774 (-10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Honolulu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
756 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 756 fires within 5 miles of Honolulu between 1992 and 2017, burning about 910 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 756 |
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 2010 | 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 | 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 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Honolulu in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 7 flood, 7 flash flood, 4 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honolulu | $2,000 | no account filed |
| April 2023 | Flood | Honolulu | - | Oahu emergency management reported the School Street onramp to H1 Freeway was|closed due to water over the roadway. |
| June 2019 | Flash Flood | Honolulu | - | Heavy runoff from showers and thunderstorms caused deep ponding on the H-1 freeway near the Liliha Street overpass. Deep ponding of precipitation also occurred along Nimitz Highway near Fort and River streets, on Ahua Street in the Mapunapuna area, and H-1 freeway westbound near the Pali Highway off-ramp. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Honolulu | - | Kalihi Stream overflowed onto Dillingham Boulevard in Honolulu on Oahu, closing the roadway. |
| July 2016 | Flash Flood | Honolulu | - | H-1 Westbound at Liliha Street on Oahu closed due to flooding waters and stalled vehicles. Precipitation was associated with Tropical Storm Darby. |
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | Honolulu | - | One foot of water flooded the intersection of Liliha, Dillingham, and North King Street in Honolulu on the island of Oahu. More flash flooding was reported at the intersection of Dillingham and Alakawa, and Liliha Street was closed in both directions from King to Vineyard Boulevard because of excessive ponding on the roadway. In the Iwilei section of Honolulu, Dole Cannery and surrounding offices had to be evacuated due to flooding on the first floor, including rooms with electrical equipment. |
| December 2011 | Flash Flood | Honolulu | - | Heavy rain caused a debris flow at the westbound H-1 Freeway off ramp to School Street. This closed the roadway for a time while highway crews cleared the debris. |
| December 1996 | Flood | Honolulu | - | Scattered areas of minor street flooding reported across Oahu. |
| November 2011 | Heavy Rain | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| November 2007 | Heavy Rain | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| November 2007 | Heavy Rain | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| January 2005 | Heavy Rain | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Wildfire | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Wildfire | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Flash Flood | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Flood | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Flood | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| December 1998 | Waterspout | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Flood | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Flood | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Waterspout | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Flood | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Honolulu | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinatown | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Mayor Wright Homes | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Iwilei | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Pacific Heights | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Kalakaua Homes | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Makiki Heights | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Punahou | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Kaʻahumanu Homes | 1.6 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Honolulu | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18094 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 366212. 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.
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.









