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Maunaloa, Hawaii

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the West Molokai census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96770. It lies near Kopala. The Survey maps it on the Ilio Point quadrangle. 435 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 889 feet above sea level.

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Maunaloa within Maui County

Population over time

2 figures

Maunaloa grew from 376 to 435 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.

YearPeople Change
2010376
2020435+59 (+16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 6 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

11 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Maunaloa between 2003 and 2012, burning about 125 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/undetermined11

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
22 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
8 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
25 June 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresCounty of Mauinot named
6 May 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresCounty of Mauinot named
3 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
8 March 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresCounty of Mauinot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maui County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Maunaloa: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Pumice, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pahopaku Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Cinder PitPumicePast Producer
Waiele Pit and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

45 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maunaloa in 45 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 40 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003WildfireMaunaloa1 hurtno account filed
May 2004Heavy RainMaunaloa-Heavy showers over the entire island of Molokai caused drainage ditch and small stream flooding and ponding of roadways. No serious property damage or injuries were reported.
March 2021Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
December 2021Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2020Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
June 2019Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
February 2018Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
February 2018Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
February 2018Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2018Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
October 2018Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
October 2018Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
September 2015Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
January 2015Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
February 2015Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
October 2015Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
October 2015Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
November 2015Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
January 2014Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2014Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2014Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2014Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
May 2013Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2013Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
December 2013Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
October 2013Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
October 2013Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
January 2011Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2010Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
December 2008Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2007Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
November 2007Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
November 2007Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
February 2006Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
March 2006Flash FloodMaunaloa-no account filed
January 2004Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
January 2004Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
August 2004Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
August 2004Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
January 2004Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
February 2003Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
December 2003Heavy RainMaunaloa-no account filed
May 2002Funnel CloudMaunaloa-no account filed
October 2002Flash FloodMaunaloa-no account filed
June 2001FloodMaunaloa-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Maui County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Hālena3.1 miles6
Wahīlauhue3.3 miles6
Mahana (historical)3.7 miles8
Kepuhi4.2 miles6
Moʻomomi5.3 miles8
Hoʻolehua7.9 miles7
ʻUmipaʻa8.6 miles7
Kualapuʻu9.4 miles7

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 MaunaloaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2637909The 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 362274. 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.