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Volcano, Hawaii

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Keaau-Mountain View census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96785. It lies near Puʻupuaʻi. The Survey maps it on the Volcano quadrangle. 736 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,750 feet above sea level.

Volcano within Hawaii County

Population over time

2 figures

Volcano fell from 2,575 to 736 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
20102,575
2020736-1,839 (-71%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 14 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Volcano between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,020 acres in total. 2 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
Recreation and ceremony41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
3 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkMENESES
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkSTUMP
9 August 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkMAWAE
31 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresHawaii Volcanoes National ParkGRAVEL PIT
28 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkSOLAR
2 August 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreHawaii Volcanoes National ParkBABOO2E
17 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCounty of Hawai'inot named
1 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresHawaii Volcanoes National ParkNAMAKANI PAIO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hawaii County

Storms near this place

33 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Volcano in 33 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 21 heavy rain, 5 flood, 5 wildfire, 1 funnel cloud. 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
January 2026FloodVolcano-Mamalohoa Hwy was closed between mile markers 57 and 61 due to water on the road.
January 2007Heavy RainVolcano-Heavy showers caused small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways in the Puna and Kau districts on the Big Island of Hawaii. No significant injuries or property damage were reported.|
November 2006Heavy RainVolcano-Heavy showers in the Puna District on the Big Island of Hawaii produced small stream and drainage ditch flooding, and ponding of roadways. No serious injuries or property damage were reported.|
February 2022Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
March 2022Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
September 2022Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
September 2021Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
August 2018Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
October 2018Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
March 2017Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
June 2017Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
August 2017Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
November 2014Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
April 2014Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
March 2014Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
January 2013Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
January 2012Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
February 2005Flash FloodVolcano-no account filed
November 2004Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
January 2004Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
May 2003WildfireVolcano-no account filed
February 2003WildfireVolcano-no account filed
March 2002Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
May 2002Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
May 2002WildfireVolcano-no account filed
June 2002WildfireVolcano-no account filed
August 2002Heavy RainVolcano-no account filed
November 2001FloodVolcano-no account filed
November 2001FloodVolcano-no account filed
July 2000WildfireVolcano-no account filed
June 2000FloodVolcano-no account filed
January 1999FloodVolcano-no account filed
January 1996Funnel CloudVolcano-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hawaii 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
Mauna Loa Estates0.8 miles14
Royal Hawaiian Estates3.0 miles14
Glenwood6.1 miles14
ʻŌhaikea (historical)6.1 miles20
Fern Forest6.2 miles14
ʻŌhaikea Houses (historical)7.3 miles20
Eden Roc8.2 miles15
Lehua (historical)8.8 miles13

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 VolcanoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2428769The 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 364402. 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.

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.