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Pukalani, Hawaii

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Makawao-Paia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96768. It lies near Kaluapulani Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Paia quadrangle. 8,299 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,526 feet above sea level.

Pukalani within Maui County

Population over time

2 figures

Pukalani grew from 7,574 to 8,299 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
20107,574
20208,299+725 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

125 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Pukalani between 2000 and 2020, burning about 4,609 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/undetermined123
Equipment and vehicle use1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCounty of Mauinot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
18 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named
8 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Mauinot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Maui County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pukalani: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
West MauiAluminumOccurrenceGibbsite
West MauiAluminumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Maui County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pukalani in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 7 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2006Flash FloodPukalani-Heavy showers and thunderstorms affected the Valley Isle from western parts of East Maui to leeward coastal areas of West Maui. A section of Haleakala Highway, around 2 miles southeast of Kahului, was closed for a time by flooding. The junction of Mokulele and Piilani highways became flooded during the afternoon hours on the 2nd as well. However, no serious property damage or injuries were reported.|
September 2020Heavy RainPukalani-no account filed
December 2014Heavy RainPukalani-no account filed
May 2013Heavy RainPukalani-no account filed
August 2013Dust DevilPukalani-no account filed
February 2011Heavy RainPukalani-no account filed
March 2009Heavy RainPukalani-no account filed
April 2008Heavy RainPukalani-no account filed
December 2003Heavy RainPukalani-no account filed
October 2003WildfirePukalani-no account filed
August 1997FloodPukalani-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
Makawao1.7 miles10
Hāliʻimaile2.4 miles9
Kailua Village (historical)2.6 miles9
Keāhua (historical)2.9 miles9
Kokomo2.9 miles10
Paholoi (historical)3.1 miles9
ʻŌmaʻopio3.2 miles9
Village Ten (historical)3.6 miles9

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 PukalaniAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1962617The 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 363512. 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.