Pearl City, Hawaii
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ewa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96782. It lies near Punanani Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Waipahu quadrangle. 45,295 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 89 feet above sea level.
On record in Pearl City
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 3 records
Pearl Harbor U.S. Naval Base Operations BuildingNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
U.S.S. ARIZONA Memoriallisted 1966- Naval Aviation Supply Depot Personnel Camp Quonset Hut 33listed 2023
Population over time
2 figuresPearl City fell from 47,698 to 45,295 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 | 47,698 | |
| 2020 | 45,295 | -2,403 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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 Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
- 1961 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
- 1970 USGS Oahu quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Waipahu quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,002 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,002 fires within 5 miles of Pearl City between 1992 and 2017, burning about 3,719 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 | 1000 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 9 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | not named |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | City and County of Honolulu | 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 Pearl City: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halawa Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearl City in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 heavy rain, 4 flood, 2 funnel cloud, 1 wildfire. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Flood | Pearl City | $1,000 | Officials reported that the Pearl City Peninsula Compound main gate and Victor Wharf Access Road were closed due to flooding. |
| April 2023 | Flood | Pearl City | - | A trained spotter reported that the roads near Acacia Rd and Kuala St. along |Kamehameha Highway was flooded in Pearl City. 6-12 inches of water was reported on the roadway with vehicles slow to move through. Also, one lane was closed on H1 and Punahou St, due to flooding over the road. Additionally, cars were stranded in ponding water on the off ramp at H1 and Vineyard. |
| November 2013 | Debris Flow | Pearl City | - | An emergency manager reported a debris flow, including large boulders, along Waihona Street at Waihona Place, in south central Oahu. |
| March 2004 | Heavy Rain | Pearl City | - | Heavy showers and rain over southern and eastern areas of Oahu produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported. |
| April 2017 | Heavy Rain | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| February 2015 | Heavy Rain | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| May 2014 | Heavy Rain | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Heavy Rain | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| October 2009 | Heavy Rain | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| March 2006 | Flash Flood | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Wildfire | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Flood | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Flood | Pearl City | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Pearl City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waimalu | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Waiau | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| ʻEwa-Schofield Junction | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pacific Palisades | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Kalauao | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| ʻAiea | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Crestview | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| ʻAiea Heights | 2.3 miles | 11 |
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 Pearl City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q572052 | 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 363226. 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.








