Lahaina, Hawaii
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Lahaina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96761. It lies near Mokuʻula Island (historical). The Survey maps it on the Lahaina quadrangle. 12,702 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
On record in Lahaina
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 5 records
Lahaina Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
King Kamehameha III's Royal Residential Complexlisted 1997
Wo Hing Society Buildinglisted 1982- William K. Kaluakini Houselisted 2013
- The Bookkeeper's House, Pioneer Mill-Lahaina Ice Co.listed 2025
Population over time
2 figuresLahaina grew from 11,704 to 12,702 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 | 11,704 | |
| 2020 | 12,702 | +998 (+9%) |
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 Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lahaina quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Lahaina quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Lahaina quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Lahaina between 1998 and 2019, burning about 5,266 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 | 153 |
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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 28 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | State of Hawaii | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lahaina: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olowalu Cinder Pit | Pumice | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
21 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lahaina in 21 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 11 heavy rain, 4 flash flood, 2 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1997 | Flash Flood | Lahaina | $536,000 | no account filed |
| January 2024 | Flood | Lahaina | - | Keawe St between Honoapiilani Highway and Komo Mai St had standing water 6 to 8 inches deep. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Lahaina | - | Water from heavy rain was getting into some businesses along Front Street in Lahaina in West Maui. Also, a home was inundated on Lahainaluna Road in Lahaina. |
| September 2015 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| November 2007 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| January 2004 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| January 2004 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| January 2004 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| December 2003 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Heavy Rain | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| October 2002 | Flash Flood | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| December 1998 | Flood | Lahaina | - | no account filed |
| November 1997 | Lightning | Lahaina | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunaville | 0.2 miles | 8 | |
| Puunoa | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| Waineʻe | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kelawea | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Māla | 1.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kapunakea | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Lahainaluna | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Narushi Camp (historical) | 1.5 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 Lahaina | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1012971 | 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 361678. 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.
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.





