Māʻalaea, Hawaii
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Kihei census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96793. It lies near Malalowaiaole Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Maalaea quadrangle. 310 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 98 feet above sea level.
On record in Māʻalaea
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Ma'alaea General Storelisted 2013 · 0.3 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresMāʻalaea fell from 352 to 310 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 | 352 | |
| 2020 | 310 | -42 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Maalaea quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Maalaea quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Maalaea quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
174 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Māʻalaea between 1998 and 2020, burning about 42,385 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 171 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 570 acres | State of Hawaii | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 29 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Māʻalaea: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maui Block Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Waikapu Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyashi Village (historical) | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Airport Village (historical) | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Village Six (historical) | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Kīhei | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Waikapū | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Ah Fong Village (historical) | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Village Thirteen (historical) | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Village Five (historical) | 5.2 miles | 9 |
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 Māʻalaea | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1902540 | 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 361945. 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.





