Data overview images for Seattle and King County Ready

Data sources for Seattle and King County Ready

Earthquake

M6.8 2001 Nisqually Earthquake Shaking

U.S. Geological Survey, M 6.8 - 7 km SSE of Longbranch, Washington, https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/uw10530748/executive, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Seattle Fault Earthquake Scenario

Petersen, M.D., Moschetti, M.P., Powers, P.M., Mueller, C.S., Haller, K.M., Frankel, A.D., Zeng, Yuehua, Rezaeian, Sanaz, Harmsen, S.C., Boyd, O.S., Field, Ned, Chen, Rui, Rukstales, K.S., Luco, Nico, Wheeler, R.L., Williams, R.A., and Olsen, A.H. (2014). Documentation for the 2014 update of the United States national seismic hazard maps: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1091. p. 243. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141091, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Cascadia Shaking Scenario

Wirth, E. A., Grant, A., Marafi, N. A., and Frankel, A. D. (2021). Ensemble ShakeMaps for magnitude 9 earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone, Seismological Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200240, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Cascadia Displaced Households

Washington Geological Survey. (2017). Seismic scenario catalog—GIS data, August 2017: Washington Geological Survey, version 1.0, originally created March 2010. https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/geology/publications-and-data/gis-data-and-databases, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Liquefaction

Palmer, Stephen P.; Magsino, Sammantha L.; Bilderback, Eric L.; Poelstra, James L.; Folger, Derek S.; Niggemann, Rebecca A. (2007). Liquefaction susceptibility and site class maps of Washington State, by county: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open File Report 2004-20. https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/geology/publications-and-data/gis-data-and-databases, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Tsunami

Washington Geological Survey. (2022). Tsunami hazard--GIS data: Washington Geological Survey Digital Data Series 22, version 1.4, February 2022. Previously released January 2022. https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/geologydata/publications/data_download/ger_portal_tsunami_hazard.zip, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Volcano

Washington Geological Survey. (2016). Simplified volcanic hazards, adapted from U.S. Geological Survey--GIS data: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources, version 1.0, May, 2016. https://www.dnr.wa.gov/programs-and-services/geology/publications-and-data/gis-data-and-databases, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Landslide

Historical Landslides

Washington Geological Survey. (2020). Landslide Compilation--GIS data, February 2020: Washington Geological Survey Digital Data Series 12, version 5.2, previously released January, 2019. https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/geologydata/publications/data_download/ger_portal_landslide_compilation.zip, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Washington Geological Survey. (2020). Landslide protocol inventory mapping--GIS data, February, 2020: Washington Geological Survey Digital Data Series 19, version 2.0, previously released January, 2019. https://fortress.wa.gov/dnr/geologydata/publications/data_download/ger_portal_landslide_inventory.zip, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Steep Slope Potential

King County GIS. (2016). Potential steep slope hazard areas: King County, King County, WA. https://gis-kingcounty.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/kingcounty::potential-steep-slope-hazard-areas-steep-slope-hazard-area/about, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

City of Seattle. (2012). Potential Landslide Areas: City of Seattle, Seattle, WA. https://data.seattle.gov/dataset/Potential-Landslide-Areas/qbkw-5p37, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Flood

Flood Hazard Zones

King County GIS. (2020). FEMA 500 Year Floodplain in King County: King County, King County, WA. https://gis-kingcounty.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/kingcounty::fema-500-year-floodplain-in-king-county-fema-floodplain-500yr-area/about, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Channel Migration Zones

King County GIS. (2005). Channel Migration Areas in King County: King County, King County, WA. https://gis-kingcounty.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/kingcounty::channel-migration-areas-chnlmigr-area/about, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Dam Inundation Maps

King County GIS. (2013). Culmback and South Fork Tolt River, Dam Inundation Hazus Update. West Consultants Inc. (2011). Lake Youngs Dam Break Analysis.

Wildfire

Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) Zones

Washington Department of Natural Resources. (2020). Washington Wildland Urban Interface (WUI): Washington Department of Natural Resources, Wildfire Division. Zones and Metadata, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Fire Hazard Potential

Dillon, G.K., Gilbertson-Day, J.W. (2020). Wildfire Hazard Potential for the United States (270-m), version 2020. 3rd Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2015-0047-3, Accessed: June 31, 2022.

Summer Weather

CAPA Strategies, 2020, Seattle and King County Heat Watch Report, https://osf.io/nkgx9?view_only=d304510b100f421883b4c6d85518edf9.

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