Marine Conservation Agreements
A Conservation Practitioner's Toolkit

Hawaii Maps and Data

Digital Data Availability Summary

HAWAII Spatial Non-spatial None
GIS Portals x    
Submerged Lands     x
Ownership  
    Submerged Lands Parcels     x
    General Property and Parcel Data x    
    Public and Conservation Lands x    
Leases and Other Use Authorizations  
    Aquaculture and Shellfish     x
    Other Use Authorizations     x
Local Parcel Information 5 coastal counties
    Deed Records   statewide n/a
    Assessment Data   4 n/a
    Parcels statewide   n/a

GIS Portals

  • Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning (web site). Users may download data or use I-Map Hawaii, an interactive online mapping program. A rich collection of data includes layers on ocean and coastal land/water uses, such as Anchorage Areas, Boating Facilities, Cables, Dumping Areas, Explosive Dumping Areas, Offshore Installations, Offshore Sewer Lines, and Ocean Recreation Zones.

Submerged Lands

No data found.

Ownership

Submerged Lands Parcels

No full dataset found.

Data Fishponds.
Access Download ESRI shapefiles or ArcInfo export files (web page), or view using interactive online mapping program (I-Map Hawaii) (web page).
Detail Point and polygon layers. Most fishponds are coastal. Attribute data include ownership (mostly populated) and aquaculture use (mostly not populated). 1994.
Distributor Hawaii Statewide GIS Program, Office of Planning.

General Property and Parcel Data

Data TMK Parcels.
Access Download ESRI shapefiles. (web page)
Detail Attribute data includes major and well-known landowners, but omits identification of other owners. 2006.
Distributor Hawaii Statewide GIS Program
Data Recorded Documents and Indexed Data.
Access Request DVDs. (web site)
Detail Daily downloads onto DVD of records and data from prior 2-3 days, beginning April 2007.
Distributor Bureau of Conveyances, Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.

Public and Conservation Lands

Data Government Land Ownership.
Access Download ESRI shapefiles or view using interactive online map (I-Map Hawaii). (web page)
Detail Derived from TMK Parcels and updated annually. Main Hawaiian Islands only. 2006.
Distributor Hawaii Statewide GIS Program.
Data State Owned Lands.
Access View or download PDF maps. (Follow link labeled “Various Maps.”) (web page)
Detail For 5 islands. No metadata.
Distributor Hawaii Statewide GIS Program.
Data Reserves.
Access Download ESRI shapefiles or view using interactive online map (I-Map Hawaii). (web page)
Detail Reserves, preserves, parks, etc. Islands of Kauai, Oahu, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, and Hawaii. 2006.
Distributor Hawaii Statewide GIS Program.
Data Marine Managed Areas.
Access Download ESRI shapefile or Arc/Info export file, or view using interactive online map (I-Map Hawaii). (web page)
Detail Fisheries management areas and marine conservation areas. Main Hawaiian islands. 2003.
Distributor Hawaii Statewide GIS Program.

Leases and Other Use Authorizations

Aquaculture and Shellfish

No data found.

Other Use Authorizations

No data found.

Local Parcel Information

Note: Deed Records and Parcels are available statewide. Only separate county-level data access is listed below.

Hawaii County (web site)

Deed Records County of Hawaii’s Real Property Tax Site (web site). Search online property tax records. No owner search, but address search will report owner. Then view property on interactive parcel map.
Assessment Data Data availability not assessed
Parcels TMK Parcel Maps. Download .TIF files for each of 9 zones.

Honolulu City and County (web site)

Deed Records Data availability not assessed
Assessment Data Assessment and Tax Billing Information (web site). Search online property tax records by a variety of fields, including TMK (tax map key) number from TMK Parcel Maps. Data include owner, sales, value, improvements, permits, and in some cases maps.
Parcels Parcel and Zoning Information. Download GIS data or view using interactive online mapping program. Current parcel, ownership, tax, and zoning data. Honolulu Land Information System (web page), Department of Planning and Permitting.

Kalawao County

Deed Records No data found. No County Government. Coextensive with Kalaupapa National Historic Park.
Assessment Data Data availability not assessed
Parcels Data availability not assessed

Kauai County (web site)

Deed Records Data availability not assessed
Assessment Data Real Property Assessment and Tax Billing Information (web site). Search online property tax records by a variety of fields. Data include owner, value, tax bills.
Parcels Real Property Maps. Order hard copy Plat maps. Real Property Assessment Office (web page)

Maui County (web site)

Deed Records Data availability not assessed
Assessment Data Real Property Assessment and Tax Billing Information (web site). Search online property tax records by address or TMK number. Data include owner, value, tax bills.
Parcels Data availability not assessed
Other The County of Maui Planning Department has some GIS resources, including data in its General Plan and the Maui Shoreline Atlas of coastal erosion hazards. (web page)

 

Step 1: Getting Started
1.1 Lease and Own 101
1.2 Myths
1.3 Important Terms
Step 2: Decision Checklist
2.1 Conservation Priorities
2.2 Threats and Strategies
2.3 Organization Capacity
2.4 Ownership and Use
2.5 Laws and Policies
2.6 Owners and Agencies
2.7 Partners and Funders
Step 3: Acquisition Checklist
3.1 Project Initiation
3.2 Title Report
3.3 Owner Contact
3.4 Proposal Completion
3.5 Terms and Conditions
3.6 Funding
3.7 Documentation
3.8 Due Diligence
3.9 Regulatory Permits
3.10 Final Actions
3.11 Site Plan
Step 4: Implementation
4.1 Science
4.2 Habitat
4.3 Maintenance
4.4 Public Use
4.5 Enforcement
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