Mountain View, Hawaii
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Keaau-Mountain View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96771. The Survey maps it on the Mountain View quadrangle. 4,215 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMountain View grew from 3,924 to 4,215 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 | 3,924 | |
| 2020 | 4,215 | +291 (+7%) |
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.
- 1917 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS Mountain View quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Mountain View between 2004 and 2011, burning about 24 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 | 26 |
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 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 15 August 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 6 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 19 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | 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 Mountain View: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iilewa Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain View in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 4 heavy rain, 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Mountain View | $3,000,000 | Heavy rain from the outer bands of Hurricane Hone caused flooding which closed several roads over the southeast portion of the Big Island. In the Kau District, Highway 11 was closed at Kawa Flats. Wood Valley Road and Cane Haul Road were closed near Pahala. In the Puna District, North Kulani Road was closed. Many of the roads were damaged. |
| April 2026 | Flash Flood | Mountain View | $200,000 | Heavy rain developed over the southeastern slopes of the Big Island and led to flooding impacts. Water was reportedly flowing into a house in the Puna district near Hawaiian Paradise Park. Water also accumulated on Highway 11 near mile marker 60. Hao Springs Road closed due to flooding. |
| December 2016 | Flash Flood | Mountain View | - | On the Big Island of Hawaii near Mountain View, Kahikopele Street was closed near South Kopua Road due to major ponding on the roadway. A pond' formed that was about 100 yards wide and 2 feet deep. |
| April 2021 | Heavy Rain | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| August 2007 | Heavy Rain | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Hail | Mountain View | - | no account filed |
| September 2005 | Heavy Rain | Mountain View | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pulu (historical) | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Kukui | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ferndale (historical) | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lehua (historical) | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ohia (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hawaiian Acres | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fern Acres | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Elevenmile Homestead | 3.9 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 Mountain View | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2333799 | 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 362495. 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.









