Natural hazards · Pukalani

Pukalani, HI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pukalani comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Pukalani?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pukalani to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding56%Earthquakes34%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Pukalani faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesAvalanchesTsunamis

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Pukalani flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Pukalani.

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Pukalani isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Maui County.

Disasters that hit Pukalani

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Pukalani itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Pukalani.

Brought FEMA money into PukalaniDeclared for Maui County only

2023

Wildfires and High Winds

19 households applied for aid $300 aid approved

Maui County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires and hurricanes.

Around Pukalani

Pukalani and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kulamostly inland floodingVery high

Haliimailemostly inland floodingVery high

Makawaomostly inland floodingVery high

Pukalanimostly inland floodingHigh

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Pukalani covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pukalani’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pukalani. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Pukalani total about $3.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.