Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Hauula, HI

Hauula is a census-designated place and rural community in the Koolauloa District on the island of Oahu in the City and County of Honolulu.

In Hawaiian, hauula means red hau, hau being a type of tree, Hibiscus tiliaceus, and the CDP had a population of 4,018 at the 2020 census.

Hauula covers 1.93 square miles, of which 1.16 square miles are land and 0.77 square miles, or 40.56 percent, are water, and it sits at an elevation of about 7 feet.

The CDP had 789 households at the 2020 census and 1,137 housing units, and its 2020 population was 37.44 percent Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander and 37.93 percent two or more races.

Hauula is located north of Punaluu and south of Laie along Kamehameha Highway, State Route 83, on Oahu's windward North Shore.

A fringing reef extends off the shoreline, and the CDP has several beaches and beach parks, including Hauula Beach Park, Aukai Beach Park, Kokololio Beach Park and Mahakea Beach.

Sugarcane was once grown along the narrow coastal plain inland from the highway, and the CDP still has a small commercial center and a two-bay fire station on Kamehameha Highway.

The 2.5-mile Hauula Loop trail wraps along the mountainside above the community, offering views of the coast and the protecting reef, and shares its trailhead with the Maakau Gulch and Maakau Ridge hikes.

Hauula's climate is wet for Oahu's windward side, averaging about 50.78 inches of rain a year, with rain falling on about 237 days a year.

Hauula Elementary School, including the Hawaiian-language immersion school Ke Kula Kaiapuni O Hauula, serves the community, and the Asia Pacific International School Hawaii Campus offers private kindergarten-through-12th-grade education with boarding from 5th grade.