| Abstract: | FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) guidelines do not currently exist for conducting and incorporating tsunami hazard assessments that reflect the substantial advances in tsunami research achieved in the last two decades; this conclusion is the result of two FEMA-sponsored workshops and the associated Tsunami Focused Study. Therefore, as part of FEMA‘s Map Modernization Program, a Tsunami Pilot Study was carried out in the Seaside/Gearhart, Oregon, area to develop an improved Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA) methodology and to provide recommendations for improved tsunami hazard assessment guidelines. The Seaside area was chosen because it is typical of many coastal communities in the section of the Pacific Coast from Cape Mendocino to the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and because State Agencies and local stakeholders expressed considerable interest in mapping the tsunami threat to this area. The study was an interagency effort by FEMA, U.S. Geological Survey and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in collaboration with the University of Southern California, Middle East Technical University. Portland State University, Horning Geosciences, Northwest Hydraulics Consultants, and the Oregon Department of Geological and Mineral Industries. Draft copies and a briefing on the contents, results and recommendations of this document were provided to FEMA officials before final publication. |
| Genre: | USGS Numbered Series |
| ProdID: | 79111 |
| Citation Author: | Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group |
| Citation Contributing Office: | Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology |
| Citation Datum: | |
| Citation Day: | |
| Citation Edition: | Version 1.0 |
| Citation Editor: | |
| Citation End Page: | |
| Citation Issue: | |
| Citation Keywords: | |
| Citation Language: | ENGLISH |
| Citation Larger Work Title: | |
| Citation LatN: | |
| Citation LatS: | |
| Citation LonE: | |
| Citation LonW: | |
| Citation Month: | |
| Citation No Pagination: | |
| Citation Number Of Pages: | 161 |
| Citation Online Only Flag: | |
| Citation Phsyical Description: | 161 p. |
| Citation Projection: | |
| Citation Public Comments: | |
| Citation Publisher: | |
| Citation Series: | Open-File Report |
| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 2006-1234 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study - modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps; 2006; OFR; 2006-1234; Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group |
| Citation Start Page: | |
| Citation Volume: | |
| Citation Year: | 2006 |
| Type: | citation/reference |
| Text: | Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study - modernization of FEMA flood hazard maps; 2006; OFR; 2006-1234; Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/usgs_thumb.jpg |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1234/ |
| URL (PLATE): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1234/of2006-1234_plate1.pdf |
| URL (INDEX PAGE): | http://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_77641.htm |
| Date Other: | Tue, 5 Sep 2006 00:00 -0500 |
| Publisher: | |
