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Hawaiʻi by ahupuaʻa
The islands were divided into moku, and the moku into ahupuaʻa: land running from the mountain to the sea, each with what it needed to live. Every mapped specimen from the main islands now sits in its ahupuaʻa — 148,629 records across 541 of the 698. Shaded by how much the collection holds; hover to see, click to open.
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The most collected ahupuaʻa
Where the Museum’s collectors went most, over two centuries. Honolulu’s valleys lead for the obvious reason; the rest say where the forests were studied.
Waiʻanae, Oʻahu
Waiʻanae
13,499 specimens · 1,035 names · 37,305 acres
Achatinella, Achatinella mustelina, Leptachatina, Amastra
Kona, Oʻahu
Waikīkī
12,862 specimens · 1,519 names · 18,628 acres
Achatinella, Tornatellides, Achatinella fulgens, Achatinella lorata
ʻEwa, Oʻahu
Honouliuli
8,798 specimens · 1,112 names · 43,932 acres
Leptachatina, Tornatellides, Endodonta, Philonesia
Kona, Oʻahu
Honolulu
4,586 specimens · 1,010 names · 8,310 acres
Tornatellides, Auriculella auricula, Philonesia, Auriculella diaphana
ʻEwa, Oʻahu
Waipiʻo
3,881 specimens · 929 names · 17,476 acres
Achatinella, Auriculella, Mollusca, Achatinella decipiens
Waiʻanae, Oʻahu
Nānākuli
3,338 specimens · 126 names · 3,464 acres
Amastra, Amastra cylindrica, Achatinella, Achatinella mustelina lymaniana
ʻEwa, Oʻahu
ʻAiea
2,928 specimens · 149 names · 1,180 acres
Achatinella, Achatinella lorata, Achatinella turgida, Achatinella vulpina
Kona, Kauaʻi
Waimea
2,901 specimens · 598 names · 86,904 acres
Leptachatina, Tornatellides, Succinea, Endodonta
Island by island
Every moku, and the ahupuaʻa within it, with what the collection holds from each. Names and boundaries from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs and the State Historic Preservation Division.
Niʻihau
703 specimens placed · 1 moku · 1 ahupuaʻa
Kauaʻi
14,397 specimens placed · 5 moku · 53 ahupuaʻa
Oʻahu
79,099 specimens placed · 6 moku · 89 ahupuaʻa
- Kapaka2,520
- Kahana925
- Kaʻaʻawa659
- Waimea535
- Pūpūkea494
- Kaluanui468
- Punaluʻu394
- Kahuku371
- Kaipapaʻu307
- Malaekahana280
- Lāʻiewai272
- Hauʻula206
- Hanakaʻoe194
- Kawela168
- Paumalū94
- Waialeʻe80
- Papaʻakoko66
- Lāʻiemaloʻo51
- Ulupehupehu50
- ʻŌiʻo 138
- Keana34
- Makaua 229
- Kaunala13
- ʻŌiʻo 28
- Waiʻono8
- Pahipahiʻālua3
- ʻŌpana 22
- Mākao2
- Makaua 12
- Kapano1
- Haleʻaha
- ʻŌpana 1
- Puheʻemiki
- Punalau
Molokaʻi
15,609 specimens placed · 2 moku · 64 ahupuaʻa
- Kapaʻakea2,295
- Kalamaʻula1,975
- Kawela1,842
- Kaluakoʻi1,306
- Mākolelau1,001
- Mapulehu681
- ʻAhaʻino 2488
- Kaunakakai422
- Kahanui369
- Makakupaʻia267
- Kamalō264
- Kaluaʻaha239
- Kainalu219
- Nāʻiwa192
- Kamiloloa (Government)146
- Kapulei138
- Pūkoʻo 1132
- Pālāʻau107
- Kamiloloa75
- ʻUalapuʻe73
- Honomuni64
- Waialua59
- Keōpukaloa35
- Kaʻamola31
- ʻÏloli28
- Kahananui22
- Pūniuʻōhua 122
- Pūniuʻōhua 220
- Puaʻahala17
- Pōhakupili11
- Honouliwai10
- Kamanoni10
- Hoʻolehua9
- Lūpehu9
- Moakea8
- Kīpū6
- West ʻŌhiʻa5
- East ʻŌhiʻa3
- Honoulimaloʻo3
- Keōpukaʻuʻuku2
- Kumimi2
- Kūpeke2
- Manawai2
- Moanui2
- Punaʻula2
- ʻAhaʻino 11
- Keawanui1
- Kaʻiliʻula
- Kapuaokoʻolau
- Keonekūʻino
- Kïauea
- Nihoa
- Pūʻelelū
- Pūkoʻo 2
Lānaʻi
4,939 specimens placed · 0 moku · 13 ahupuaʻa
Molokini
64 specimens placed · 1 moku · 1 ahupuaʻa
Kahoʻolawe
586 specimens placed · 0 moku · 1 ahupuaʻa
Maui
16,895 specimens placed · 11 moku · 134 ahupuaʻa
Hawaiʻi Island
16,337 specimens placed · 6 moku · 342 ahupuaʻa
- Puʻuwaʻawaʻa1,459
- Kēōkea380
- ʻOʻoma 1273
- Lanihau 1-2, Moeauo260
- Keauhou 2201
- Kahauloa 2192
- Kahaluʻu172
- Puʻuanahulu168
- Kealakekua, Kīloa 1167
- Hōlualoa 1-2129
- Hōnaunau118
- Keʻei 2118
- Kaʻūpūlehu97
- Makalawena76
- Honuaʻula67
- Puaʻa 166
- Puaʻa 2-3, Waiʻaha 165
- Kealakehe61
- Kūkiʻo, Maniniʻōwali59
- Anapuka, Hoʻopūloa58
- Waiea47
- Mahaiʻula46
- Kaloko45
- Keʻekeʻe 1-2, Kanakau38
- Kauhakō37
- Kapuʻa35
- Keʻei 135
- Honokōhau 1-330
- Kaumalumalu, Pāhoehoe28
- Keauhou 127
- Keālia 119
- Kaulanamauna17
- Kiʻilae16
- Honalo, Māʻihi 1-211
- Kohanaiki11
- Okoe 1-211
- Kaʻawaloa10
- ʻAlikā8
- Kalāhiki7
- Keahuolū5
- Kīpahoehoe4
- Kalaoa 1-53
- Kukuiopaʻe 1-23
- Puapuaʻa 23
- Honokua2
- ʻŌlelomoana 1-4, Opihihali2
- Kau2
- Kaulana, Awalua, ʻŌhiki2
- Pāhoehoe B 1-32
- Pāpā 22
- Hoʻokena1
- Kaʻohe 1-31
- Pāhoehoe A 1-4, Mau1
- Awakeʻe
- Haleohiu
- Hamanamana
- Hōlualoa 3
- Hōlualoa 4
- ʻOʻoma 2
- Kaʻapuna
- Kaʻohe 4
- Kaʻohe 5
- Kauleolī 1-2
- Keālia 2
- Kolo
- Makaʻula
- Pāpā 1
- Waikākuʻu
- Waiākea1,613
- Humuʻula538
- Kaiwiki, Maumau259
- Piʻihonua209
- Laupāhoehoe, Welokā170
- Puʻuʻeo25
- Punahoa 217
- Makahanaloa, Pepeʻekeo16
- Paukaʻa12
- Honohina11
- Honomū, Kuhua10
- Kaiwikinui10
- Ponahawai8
- Pāpaʻikou7
- Kamaʻeʻe6
- Hakalau5
- Kūkūau 25
- Nanue5
- ʻAlae4
- Kaūmana4
- Kalaoa2
- Mokuhonua, Halepuna2
- Onomea2
- Punahoa 12
- ʻOʻōkala1
- Kahoahuna, Paʻana1
- Kīkala1
- Kūkūau 11
- Laimi1
- Mauluanui1
- Pihā, Kahuku1
- Wainaku1
- Alakahi
- Aleamai
- Haʻikū
- Honomainoa
- Kahaliʻi
- Kahua
- Kaʻakepa
- Kaʻapoko
- Kaʻieʻie
- Kaiaʻakea
- Kaihuiki
- Kalalau
- Kauhiula
- Kaupakuea, Makea
- Kawainui
- Kukuikea
- Kulaʻikahonu
- Kulaʻimano
- Kulanakiʻi, Kahīnano
- Lepoloa, Kaluakailio
- Maʻulili
- Mālamalamaiki
- Manoloa
- Mauluaiki
- Mokuoniki
- Opea, Peleau, ʻAwa
- Pāhoehoe
- Paihaʻaloa
- Pāpaʻa
- Puaʻakuloa, Kapena
- Pueopaku
- Puumoi
- Umauma
- Waikaumalo
- Wailea
- Wailua
- Waipunalei
- Kaʻohe Mauka1,659
- Waipiʻo231
- Pāʻauhau-mauka185
- Kamoku165
- Kukuihaele39
- Honokaia32
- Nienie32
- Kawela30
- Niupea, Kealakaha23
- Kaʻohe19
- ʻĀʻāmanu17
- Kapulena16
- Kalopā12
- Paʻalaea9
- Waikaʻalulu9
- Waikoekoe7
- Hōʻea, Manowaikohau6
- Kaʻala5
- Kainehe5
- Koholālele5
- Alaeakila, Kaapahu4
- Kūkaʻiau3
- Pāʻauhau3
- Malanahae2
- Paʻauilo2
- Haina1
- Kapoaula1
- Nakoʻoka, Laupāhoeho1
- Waimanu1
- Au 1-2, Āhualoa
- Hanapai, Niupuka
- Hauola
- Honopue
- ʻĀpua
- Kaʻauhuhu
- Kaiwiki
- Kalakalaula
- Kalua, Pakiloa, ʻŌuhi, Kaao
- Kamaui
- Kamoauau
- Kanahonua
- Kapulena, Haukoʻi, K
- Keaʻā
- Kemau
- Koloaha, Kulihaʻi
- Kuilei 1-2
- Laupāhoehoe 1
- Mānienie
- Manowaialeʻe
- Moʻoiki
- Namoku, Papuaʻa
- Opihilala
- Papaʻanui
- Papaki
- Papalele
- Pohakuhaku
- Waiʻaleʻale 1-2
- Waikapu
- Waikoloa
- Weha, Mahakuolo
- Keauhou1,308
- Waiʻōhinu164
- Wailau, Nīnole, Kaʻa155
- Kapāpala144
- Manukā91
- Kahuku80
- Kiolakaʻa, Puʻumakaʻā68
- Kahilipalinui59
- Kamāʻoa, Puʻuʻeo, Ke55
- Halelua, Wailoa, Kumu31
- Pākininui, Puʻulena26
- Kaunāmano, Napauku25
- Honuʻapo23
- Punaluʻu17
- Kawela11
- Kaʻalāiki, Hiʻonaʻā4
- Kīʻolokū3
- Hīleanui2
- Kahilipaliiki, Kah2
- Kāwala2
- Hionamoa1
- Kīʻao1
- Pāʻauʻau 1, Palima1
- Pāʻauʻau 21
- Waiomao1
- Hīleaiki
- Kaʻalaʻala, Kanaio
- Keaīwa
- Mohokea
- Mohokeanui
- Pākiniiki
- Palauhulu 1-2
- Waimea, Waikoloa601
- Puʻukapu445
- Māhukona, Hihiu, K206
- Lālāmilo, Keanuʻiʻomanō134
- Lanikepu88
- Kawaihae 177
- Pololū72
- ʻĀwini55
- Kapuʻa53
- Makiloa, Pahinahina40
- Kawaihae 235
- Kāhei, Hualua30
- Kaupalaoa19
- ʻŌuli17
- Apuakohau, Kukuiwaluhia16
- Kealahewa15
- Kaipuhaʻa, Lamaloloa12
- Kehena 211
- Waikā11
- Honokāne10
- Momoualoa9
- ʻAnaehoʻomalu6
- Kapaʻa6
- Makanikahio 1-2, Auau5
- Makapala, Niuliʻi4
- Pauahi4
- Pōhakulua, Ahulua4
- Puʻukawaiwai, Panoluʻukia4
- ʻUpolu3
- Kapaʻanui3
- Opihipau, Hukiaʻa3
- Hālawa, Napapaʻa2
- Honopueo2
- Kahuā 12
- Keoniki, Kauniho, Wa2
- Hāwī1
- Kaʻauhuhu1
- Puaiki1
- Puanui1
- Puʻuepa1
- Puʻukole, Koea, Lapakahi1
- Awalua
- Hāʻena
- Halaʻula
- Halelua
- Honoipu
- Honomakaʻu
- ʻĀʻamakaō
- ʻĀinakea
- ʻIole
- Kahuā 2
- Kaihoʻonā
- Kaiholena
- Kalala 1-2, Kokiʻo
- Kamano
- Kapaʻau
- Kapunapuna
- Kehena 1, Kipi
- Kiʻiokalani
- Kokoiki
- Kou
- Kukuipahu
- Makeanehu
- Maulili
- Nunuluiki
- Nunulunui
- Ohanaula
- Pāhoa
- Pōhakulua
- Puakea
- Puehuehu, Laʻaumama
- Puʻuokumau
- ʻŌlaʻa577
- Keaʻau411
- Kahuwai256
- Kapoho201
- Puua120
- ʻĀpua58
- Keahialaka31
- Kealakomo31
- Waiakahiula, Kaʻohe30
- Pānauinui23
- Keonepokonui22
- Kamoamoa19
- Kaueleau19
- Kaimū18
- Honolulu11
- Kahaualeʻa11
- Malama 19
- Halepuaʻa, Kanekiki6
- Pohoiki6
- Kahue3
- Kauaea3
- Kukuihala, Kamāʻili2
- Makuʻu, Pōpōkī, Hālo2
- Ahalanui, Laepaoʻo1
- Kalapana, Kupahua1
- Kaukulau, Ki (b)1
- Keauohana, Kehena1
- Kula1
- Nānāwale1
- Opihikao1
- Waʻawaʻa1
- Waikahekaheiki1
- Waikahekahenui1
- Hulunanai
- Iliʻililoa
- Keonepokoiki
- Kīkala 1-2, Kēōkea
- Laeʻapuki, Pānaui-iki
- Poupou 1-2, Pūlama
- Pūʻālaʻa
- Waikahekahe
Lanaʻi
0 specimens placed · 1 moku · 0 ahupuaʻa
How a specimen finds its ahupuaʻa
Each georeferenced record from the main islands is tested against the ahupuaʻa boundaries published by the State of Hawaiʻi (Office of Hawaiian Affairs, 2009; names and diacritics corrected by the State Historic Preservation Division, 2017). A point inside a boundary belongs to that ahupuaʻa and its moku.
Records placed only by island, or whose coordinates fall offshore, have no ahupuaʻa. Localities of endangered species are generalised on this site before any test, so a few sit in a neighbouring ahupuaʻa to the one on the label; their counts are approximate by design.
The boundaries themselves are an interpretation of historical land divisions, and some remain contested. Where the record carries a place name that disagrees with the map, the label is right and the map is a guide.