Wailuku, Hawaii
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Wailuku census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96793. It lies near Sand Hills. The Survey maps it on the Wailuku quadrangle. 17,697 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
On record in Wailuku
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 11 records
Chee Kung Tong Society Buildinglisted 1982
Halekii-Pihana Heiaulisted 1985
Iao Theaterlisted 1995
Ka'ahumanu Avenue-Naniloa Drive Overpasslisted 2008
Kaahumanu Churchlisted 1975
Maui Jinsha Missionlisted 1978
Old Bailey Houselisted 1973
Wai'ale Drive Bridgelisted 1998
Wailuku Civic Center Historic Districtlisted 1986
Wailuku Schoollisted 2000- Ma'alaea General Storelisted 2013
Population over time
2 figuresWailuku grew from 15,313 to 17,697 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 | 15,313 | |
| 2020 | 17,697 | +2,384 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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 Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Wailuku quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Maui quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Wailuku quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Wailuku quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Wailuku quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
222 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Wailuku between 2004 and 2019, burning about 17,067 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 | 221 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | County of Maui | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Maui | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wailuku: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maui Block Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Happy Valley Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Waikapu Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wailuku in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 7 heavy rain, 6 flash flood, 1 flood, 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 2013 | Flash Flood | Wailuku | - | Flood waters overwhelmed a drainage system and swamped a business along North Market Street in Wailuku. |
| November 2013 | Flash Flood | Wailuku | - | Fire crew responded to report of flooding at 399 N. Market Street in Wailuku. High water affected a church building and nearby apartments. |
| November 2013 | Flash Flood | Wailuku | - | A home became flooded along Holua Drive in Kahului. |
| November 2013 | Flash Flood | Wailuku | - | A home became flooded along Pala Circle in Kahului. |
| November 2013 | Flash Flood | Wailuku | - | A home became flooded along Palama Drive in Kahului. |
| March 2004 | Heavy Rain | Wailuku | - | Heavy showers caused ponding of roadways, and small stream and drainage ditch flooding in windward parts of East and West Maui. There were no reports of serious property damage or injuries. |
| December 2021 | Heavy Rain | Wailuku | - | no account filed |
| August 2018 | Heavy Rain | Wailuku | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Heavy Rain | Wailuku | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Heavy Rain | Wailuku | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Heavy Rain | Wailuku | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Flash Flood | Wailuku | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Heavy Rain | Wailuku | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Wailuku | - | no account filed |
| November 1998 | Flood | Wailuku | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Valley | 0.4 miles | 10 | |
| Puʻuohala Village | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Hopoi Village (historical) | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Wailuku Heights | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Paukūkalo | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Kahului | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Waiehu Camp | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Waiehu Village | 1.8 miles | 10 |
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 Wailuku | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2087831 | 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 364757. 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.






