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
Other Maps In Set:
Map Data
Map ID | 3369 |
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Hazard Process(es) | Lava flows |
Hazard Zone Presentation | Single hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel |
Temporal Scale | Background, or long-term, map |
Spatial Scale | Island |
Publication Format | Figure in a hazard assessment or mitigation plan |
Zonation Method(s) | Geologic history |
Zonation Model(s) | |
Scenario(s) Considered | Source 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) |
Purpose | Land-use planning: Intended to inform citing of facilities, building restrictions, resource management, and infrastructure development |
Audience | Land-use planners, city planners, government officials, etc. |
Language(s) | English |
Basemap(s) | Simple or sketch map |
Basemap overlay(s) | |
Diemsionality | Planimetric (2D or map) view |
Color Scheme | Symbols and/or lines only |