Blog · October 14, 2026 · Hawaii
Maui County Flood Zone Map in Hawaii
Look up any Maui County address on FEMA's flood map, read the zone, and match it to the parcel record for land around Haʻikū-Pauwela.
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Land along the creek bottoms near Haʻikū-Pauwela and the flats outside Haʻikū-Pauwela are where a Maui County flood zone map lookup matters most. Here's how to read FEMA's map for a Maui County, HI property and match it to the parcel record.
Next: FEMA's search tool, the zone labels you'll see for Maui County, and how the parcel record confirms which tract you're on.
Look up the Maui County flood zone map step by step
Open the FEMA Flood Map Service Center and type a county street address, say one in Wailuku. If a tract near Haʻikū-Pauwela has no street number yet, search the nearest road and pan to it. For an irregular lot near Haʻikū-Pauwela, FEMA's National Flood Hazard Layer viewer draws the zones over aerial imagery and reports the zone wherever you click near Wailuku. Next, the Maui County ArcGIS parcel map confirms which Maui County parcel you're looking at. If the Maui County viewer has a floodplain layer, treat it as a convenience copy and confirm on FEMA's map.
Search Maui County parcels by owner, address or ID
Maui County publishes its parcels on the Maui County ArcGIS parcel map, which runs on an Esri ArcGIS web map, free to use for a lot in Wailuku or a tract near Haʻikū-Pauwela. Click any Maui County parcel near Wailuku to open its record: owner, parcel ID and assessed acreage are usually listed. For a backup route to the map covering Haʻikū-Pauwela, our Maui County directory entry keeps the link current.
Maui County land records
Deeds and plats behind the Maui County map are kept by the county's recording office; the official Maui County website names which office that is. A deed book and page or instrument number on the county record is the fastest way to pull the document for a lot in Wailuku.
From Wailuku to the back roads
Wailuku is the seat of Maui County and the hub for its land records. Unincorporated communities in the county, including Haʻikū-Pauwela, Hāliʻimaile, and Hāna, display up as small groups of parcels along the roads. Maui County had an estimated 164,183 people in 2023 (Census Bureau), spread across about 1,162 square miles. Platted neighborhoods near Hāliʻimaile give way to rural acreage elsewhere in the county. With a founding date of 1905, Maui County has long chains of title on some rural tracts.
Zone A, AE and X in plain English
On the FIRM covering Maui County, zones that start with A or V are Special Flood Hazard Areas, land with a 1-percent chance of flooding in any given year (the base or 100-year flood). Where a Maui County tract lists Zone AE, there's a base flood elevation to compare a building against; in Zone A there isn't one. If a Maui County parcel lists shaded Zone X, it sits in the moderate band between the 100-year and 500-year floods. Clear, unshaded X near Wailuku is outside the 500-year floodplain.
Low ground and small streams around Wailuku
A creek near Haʻikū-Pauwela that lists no detailed zone can still flood; FEMA says moderate- and low-risk areas still carry risk.
What a flood zone means for a Maui County buyer
Insurance is the practical stake for a Maui County buyer. Where a building in Wailuku falls inside an A or V zone and secures a loan from a federally regulated or insured lender, the lender must require flood coverage; that applies where the local government around Haʻikū-Pauwela is in the National Flood Insurance Program. For a Maui County home in shaded or unshaded X, federal rules don't require a policy, although some lenders require it anyway. Where a structure near Wailuku looks higher than the shading suggests, FEMA's LOMA process allows a review; a surveyor near Haʻikū-Pauwela can supply the elevation data. Placing fill on low ground near Wailuku usually needs a floodplain permit; the county floodplain administrator can say what applies.
Quick answers for Maui County
Is there a floodplain layer in the Maui County ArcGIS parcel map?
Look for a flood or floodplain layer in the Maui County viewer, then verify the zone with FEMA.
Is my Haʻikū-Pauwela address in a flood zone?
Look it up at FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, then match the parcel lines in the Maui County ArcGIS parcel map; for land near Hāliʻimaile, a zone starting with A or V is high risk.
Can a flood zone in Maui County be changed?
FEMA reviews requests such as a LOMA for Maui County properties; start with an elevation certificate.
What does Zone AE mean on a Maui County flood map?
For a Maui County parcel, Zone AE means a Special Flood Hazard Area with a 1-percent annual chance of flooding and a published base flood elevation.
Do I need flood insurance in Zone X in Maui County?
For a Zone X house near Hāliʻimaile, federal rules don't require flood insurance; buying it is still a choice worth pricing.
Does a 100-year floodplain near Hāliʻimaile flood only once a century?
No, ground around Haʻikū-Pauwela mapped that way has a 1-percent chance of flooding every year, so floods can come in back-to-back years.
Open the official Maui County, HI parcel map Maui County in the Platbookmapper directory
Not a survey. County GIS and tax parcel maps are assessment and planning layers. They are not a substitute for a recorded plat, deed, or licensed survey, especially for fences, setbacks, or boundary disputes.