The island of Maui is the County's economic center
and seat of the County government. It is the largest
island in the County with an extreme length of 48
miles, an extreme width of 26 miles and an area of
728.6 square miles. Maui has 120 miles of coastline
and 76 percent of the area is within five miles of
the coast.
Maui's distinctive shape is the result of two volcanoes:
Haleakala (10,023 feet), creating the larger eastern
part of the island, and the West Maui Mountains (5,778
feet), creating the western part. The two are connected
by a low, flat isthmus. Twenty-five percent of Maui's
land area has an elevation of less than 500 feet,
while 41 percent has an elevation of 2,000 feet or
more. Thirty-nine percent of the island has a slope
of less than 10 percent and 36 percent of the area
has a slope of 20 percent or more.
Maui Temperature and Rainfall
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Cartography: Maui
High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC)
Data Sources: Spatial
Climate Analysis Service, Oregon State University
Maui Elevation
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Cartography: Maui
High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC)
Data Sources: U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), Digital Elevation Model,
Digital Line Graph Data
Data includes the islands
of Maui, Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe.
Data Sources: Maui
County Data Book 2006
Maui County's Agricultural Areas
The Hawaii State Land Use Commission classifies Agricultural
Land on Maui as 245,783 acres, 11,627 acres on Molokai
and 46,639 acres on Lanai. The island of Kaho'olawe
is reserved entirely for conservation.
Data Source:Maui
County Data Book 2006
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