Tsunami Hazard Maps of the Oregon Coast, 1995-1997
Predominant Dates: 1995
The Tsunami Hazard Maps of the Oregon Coast were prepared by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. The collection includes 1:24,000 maps annotated with the anticipated tsunami inundation boundary resulting from a magnitude 8.8 undersea earthquake and an accompanying report.
ID: MAPS Tsunami
Extent: 0.25 cubic feet
Statement on Access: Collection is open for research.
Statement on Description:
We acknowledge that materials in SCARC collections and the language that describes them may be harmful. We are actively working to address our descriptive practices; for more information please see our SCARC Anti-Racist Actions Statement online.
Materials in this collection may use racist, derogatory, or harmful language to describe places, bodies of water, landforms, and other natural or man-made features. A project to identify and describe specific instances of harmful language in this collection is underway.
Since this language is written or printed on the maps themselves, we have left it unchanged. We acknowledge the racism represented by this language and the harm it may cause our users. Providing access to these historical materials does not endorse any attitudes or behavior depicted therein.
Preferred Citation: Tsunami Hazard Maps of the Oregon Coast (MAPS Tsunami), Oregon State University Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Corvallis, Oregon.
Acquisition Note:
These maps and the report were transferred from the Oregon State University Libraries Historic Maps and General Maps Collections to the Special Collections & Archives Research Center in 2013.
Container List
- Series 1: Maps, 1995-1997 Add to Shelf
- Series 1 consists of reproductions of 7.5 minute (1:24,000) quadrangle maps annotated with the tsunami inundation boundary for that area. The tsunami inundation boundary is the upper limit of area expected to be covered by flood water from a tsunami caused by a magnitude 8.8 undersea earthquake. The maps are listed primarily from north to south and identifed with the map number and quadrangle name. Most of the maps were issued in 1995; two sheets were produced in 1997. The series also includes an index map. The maps are also available online.
- UnitID: Series 1
- Folder-Item 1.1: Index Map, 1996 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.2: Warrenton, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.3: Astoria, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.4: Cathlamet Bay, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.5: Knappa, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.6: Gearhart, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.7: Olney, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.8: Tillamook Head, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.9: Arch Cape, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.10: Nehalem, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.11: Garibaldi, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.12: Kilchis River, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.13: Netarts, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.14: Tillamook, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.15: Sand Lake, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.16: Nestucca Bay, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.17: Neskowin, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.18: Lincoln City, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.19: Devils Lake, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.20: Depoe Bay, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.21: Newport North, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.22: Newport South, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.23: Toledo South, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.24: Waldport, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.25: Tidewater, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.26: Yachats, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.27: Heceta Head, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.28: Mercer Lake, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.29: Goose Pasture, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.30: Florence, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.31: Tahkenitch Creek, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.32: Fivemile Creek, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.33: Deer Head Point, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.34: Lakeside, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.35: Empire, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.36: North Bend, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.37: Cape Arago, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.38: Charleston, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.39: Coos Bay, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.40: Bullards, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.41: Riverton, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.42: Bandon, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.43: Bill Peak, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.44: Floras Lake, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.45: Langlois, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.46: Cape Blanco, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.47: Sixes, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.48: Port Orford, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.49: Ophir, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.50: Gold Beach, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.51: Signal Buttes, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.52: Cape Sebastian, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.53: Sundown Mountain, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.54: Mack Point, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.55: Carpenterville, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.56: Brookings, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.57: Mount Emily, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.58: Winchester Bay, 1997 Add to Shelf
- Folder-Item 1.59: Reedsport, 1997 Add to Shelf
- Series 2: Report, 1995 Add to Shelf
- Series 2 consists of the Open-File Report O-95-67, Explanation of Mapping Methods and Use of the Tsunami Hazard Maps of the Oregon Coast, prepared by George R. Priest of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. The report describes the methods used and results of this tsunami hazard mapping project for the Oregon coast. The report is available online.
- UnitID: Series 2
- Box-Folder 2.1 Add to Shelf