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Zones of relative risk from lava-flow burial

Hawai‘i (regional), United States, 1974

Figure 9 in: Mullineaux, D.R. & Peterson, D.W. (1974). Volcanic hazards on the Island of Hawaii. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 74-239. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr74239



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Map Set

Mullineaux, D.R. & Peterson, D.W. (1974). Volcanic hazards on the Island of Hawaii. U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 74-239. https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr74239
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr74239

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Map Data

Map ID3369
Hazard Process(es)Lava flows
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleIsland
Publication FormatFigure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan
Zonation Method(s)Geologic history
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSource location or direction
Hazard Zone Label(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
PurposeLand-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development
AudienceLand-use planners, city planners, government officials, etc.
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeSymbols and/or lines only