Līhuʻe, Hawaii
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Lihue census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96766. It stands on Nāwiliwili Stream. The Survey maps it on the Lihue quadrangle. 8,004 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 220 feet above sea level.
On record in Līhuʻe
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 7 records
Grove Farmlisted 1974
Lihue Civic Center Historic Districtlisted 1981
Lihue Hongwanji Missionlisted 1978
Menehune Fishpondlisted 1973
US Post Office-Lihuelisted 1989
Albert Spencer Wilcox Buildinglisted 1979- Grove Farm (Boundary Increase)listed 1978
Population over time
2 figuresLīhuʻe grew from 6,455 to 8,004 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,455 | |
| 2020 | 8,004 | +1,549 (+24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lihue quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Kauai quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Lihue quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Lihue quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
201 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Līhuʻe between 2001 and 2016, burning about 1,793 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 | 198 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 25 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
| 15 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Kaua'i | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Līhuʻe: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Water, Free, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluestone Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| East Central Kauai Deposit | Aluminum, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Titanium, Water, Free, Silica | Prospect | 1949 | |
| 45 Hm Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kapaia Valley Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pua Loke | 0.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ulu Mahi | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kupolo | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Ulu Ko | 0.7 miles | 8 | |
| Nāwiliwili | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kapaia | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Hanamāʻulu | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Puhi | 1.6 miles | 8 |
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 Līhuʻe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q588881 | 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 361837. 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.
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.





