Wainaku, Hawaii
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Hilo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 96720. It stands on Pohakunanaka Stream (historical). The Survey maps it on the Hilo quadrangle. 1,147 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 256 feet above sea level.
On record in Wainaku
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 within a mile 7 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
A. J. Williamson Houselisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away
Levi and Netti Lyman Houselisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
W.H. Hill Houselisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
Edward H. and Claire Moses Houselisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away- James and Catherine Parker Houselisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
- Herbert Austin Truslow Houselisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
- Walter Irving and Jean Henderson Houselisted 2011 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresWainaku fell from 1,224 to 1,147 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 | 1,224 | |
| 2020 | 1,147 | -77 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1917 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hawaii North quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Hawaii quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Hawaii County Sheet 2 quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Hilo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
90 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Wainaku between 1999 and 2012, burning about 84 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/undetermined | 90 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 6 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 15 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
| 25 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | County of Hawai'i | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wainaku: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilo Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Yamada Hilo Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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.
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 Wainaku | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2433743 | 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 364808. 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.










