THE KILAUEA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid and Subhumid Low Mountain Slopes setting.
Kilauea CDP has 4.97 square miles of land in Kauai County. Its Census reference point is in Semiarid and Subhumid Low Mountain Slopes.
Lower leeward terrain on older Hawaiian islands includes relatively level plains and slopes cut by gulches. The setting is generally drier than neighboring windward mountain areas.
Regional context: Semiarid and Subhumid Low Mountain Slopes ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Kilauea and Kauai County
Kilauea is associated with Kauai County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Kilauea by land and water
The Census records 0.3 square miles of water within Kilauea, or 5.7% of its total area. It is 45.4 percentage points lower than the 51.1% recorded for Kauai County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Kilauea CDP has 1.9 times the land area of nearby Kalihiwai CDP (2.64 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

