THE KALAWAO COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Humid and Very Humid Steep and Very Steep Mountain Slopes setting.
Kalawao County has 12 square miles of land in Hawaii. 2 mapped landscape regions meet across Kalawao County: Humid and Very Humid Steep and Very Steep Mountain Slopes, Subhumid Intermediate Mountain Slopes.
Steep ridges, deep gulches and canyons dissect the wetter mountain landscapes of older Hawaiian islands. Some higher plateaus support bogs within this strongly varied terrain.
Regional context: Humid and Very Humid Steep and Very Steep Mountain Slopes ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Kalawao County intersects 2 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Humid and Very Humid Steep and Very Steep Mountain Slopes97.2%
- Subhumid Intermediate Mountain Slopes2.8%
Subhumid Intermediate Mountain Slopes in Kalawao County
Drier leeward middle slopes on older islands combine rolling ground with steep gulches. The contrast between slope surfaces and deeply cut drainage corridors is a defining regional feature.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Kalawao County
The atlas lists 0 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Kalawao County. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Kalawao County by land and water
The Census records 40.8 square miles of water within Kalawao County, or 77.3% of its total area. That share is close to Kalawao County’s 77.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Maui County within Hawaii. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

