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.
Population over time
2 figuresVolcano 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,575 | |
| 2020 | 736 | -1,839 (-71%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 14 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.
- 1922 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500
- 1924 USGS Puna quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hawaii South quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Volcano quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional 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 ceremony | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | MENESES |
| 23 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | STUMP |
| 9 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | MAWAE |
| 31 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.8 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | GRAVEL PIT |
| 28 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | SOLAR |
| 2 August 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | BABOO2E |
| 17 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 1 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Hawaii Volcanoes National Park | NAMAKANI PAIO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Flood | Volcano | - | Mamalohoa Hwy was closed between mile markers 57 and 61 due to water on the road. |
| January 2007 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | 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 2006 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | 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 2022 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| March 2022 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| September 2021 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| October 2018 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| August 2017 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| November 2014 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| January 2013 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Flash Flood | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| January 2004 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Wildfire | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| February 2003 | Wildfire | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| June 2002 | Wildfire | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Heavy Rain | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Flood | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| November 2001 | Flood | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Wildfire | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Flood | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Flood | Volcano | - | no account filed |
| January 1996 | Funnel Cloud | Volcano | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauna Loa Estates | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Royal Hawaiian Estates | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Glenwood | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| ʻŌhaikea (historical) | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Fern Forest | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| ʻŌhaikea Houses (historical) | 7.3 miles | 20 | |
| Eden Roc | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lehua (historical) | 8.8 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 Volcano | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2428769 | 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 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.











