U.S.   Geological Survey   Geologic Investigations Series I-2761

**Atlas   of Natural Hazards in the Hawaiian Coastal Zone**

*By***Charles H. Fletcher III, Eric E. Grossman, Bruce M. Richmond, and Ann E. Gibbs**

| The purpose         of this report is to communicate to citizens and regulatory authorities         the history and relative intensity of coastal hazards in Hawaii. This         information is the key to the wise use and management of coastal resources.         The information contained in this document,we hope,will improve the ability         of Hawaiian citizens and visitors to safely enjoy the coast and provide         a strong data set for planners and managers to guide the future of coastal         resources. 

This work         is largely based on previous investigations by scientific and engineering         researchers and county, state, and federal offices and agencies. The unique         aspect of this report is that, to the extent possible, it assimilates         prior efforts in documenting Hawaiian coastal hazards and combines existing         knowledge into a single comprehensive coastal hazard data set. This is         by no means the final word on coastal hazards in Hawaii. Every hazardous         phenomenon described here, and others such as slope failure and rocky         shoreline collapse, need to be more carefully quantified, forecast, and         mitigated. Our ultimate goal, of course, is to make the Hawaiian coast         a safer place by educating the people of the state, and their leaders,         about the hazardous nature of the environment. In so doing, we will also         be taking steps toward improved preservation of coastal environments,         because the best way to avoid coastal hazards is to avoid inappropriate         development in the coastal zone.

We have chosen         maps as the medium for both recording and communicating the hazard history         and its intensity along the Hawaiian coast.Two types of maps are used:         1) smallscale maps showing a general history of hazards on each island         and summarizing coastal hazards in a readily understandable format for         general use, and 2) a large-scale series of technical maps (1:50,000)         depicting coastal sections approximately 5 to 7 miles in length with color         bands along the coast ranking the relative intensity of each hazard at         the adjacent shoreline. |
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This   atlas is made available here in its seven sections (as 7 separate PDF files)   or as one larger PDF file

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ArcView/GIS compatible shape files of the data are also available for each island:

| Kauai | Molokai | Lanai | Maui | Hawaii | Oahu | 

Download this   entire atlas as a single PDF file (54.1 MB)

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|   Geologic Division | Western   Coastal and Marine Geology |

For questions about the   content of this report, contact Bruce Richmond

A printed   version of this publication   is also available from:

USGS Information   Services, Box 25286,   Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225  telephone: 303-202-4210; e-mail: infoservices@usgs.gov

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