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Potential landslide hazard areas 2016

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Summary


Potential landslide hazard areas in unincorporated King County.

Provided to counsel residents on the possible need for further investigations, such as prior to a proposal for new development.

Description


This area has been categorized as a potential landslide hazard area.

The map does not purport to identify actual landslide hazards or existing landslide risks for specific properties.

Depending upon the nature of any proposed development, further investigation of the site and a detailed evaluation of the landslide hazard by a licensed geological engineer or engineering geologist may be recommended or even required.

The information included on this map is subject to change without notice.

King County makes no representations or warranties, expressed or implied, as to accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or rights to the use of such information.

King County shall not be liable for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in such information regardless of their cause, and King County shall not be liable for any decision made, action taken, or action not taken by the user in reliance upon such information.

This document is not intended for use as a surveyed product.

King County shall not be liable for any general, special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages including, but not limited to, lost revenues or lost profits resulting from the use or misuse of the information contained on this map.

Any sale of this map is prohibited except by written permission of King County.Please view associated documents.

https://kingcounty.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1bc87f72a8b046e4ac8fce3a7675998d#overview - DISCLAIMER – Potential Landslide Hazard Areas.

https://kingcounty.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2b4cb9f075154ba2916a22370b3aa535#overview - REPORT – Potential Landslide Hazard Areas.


Layer information

Layer Name landslide_hazard_area
Subject Category Environment
Title Potential landslide hazard areas 2016
Feature Count 2120
Feature Type Polygon
Spatial reference EPSG:2926
Control ID 2528
Place Keywords Pacific NW, King County, WA, Washington State
Theme Keywords Landslide, Hazard, Critical, Enviro
Supplemental Information None

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Attribute information

OBJECTID

From Esri

Description

Internal feature number.

Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Shape

From Esri

Description

Feature geometry.

Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

Shape.STArea()

From SQL Server

Description

Returns the area of a geometry instance in square units, based on the spatial reference identifier (SRID) of the geometry.

Domain

Double

Shape.STLength()

From SQL Server

Description

Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance.

Domain

Double


Contact information

Maintained by DLS - Permitting
Primary Paul McCombs

paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov


Terms of Use

Summary


Potential landslide hazard areas in unincorporated King County.

Provided to counsel residents on the possible need for further investigations, such as prior to a proposal for new development.

Description


This area has been categorized as a potential landslide hazard area.

The map does not purport to identify actual landslide hazards or existing landslide risks for specific properties.

Depending upon the nature of any proposed development, further investigation of the site and a detailed evaluation of the landslide hazard by a licensed geological engineer or engineering geologist may be recommended or even required.

The information included on this map is subject to change without notice.

King County makes no representations or warranties, expressed or implied, as to accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or rights to the use of such information.

King County shall not be liable for any errors, omissions, or inaccuracies in such information regardless of their cause, and King County shall not be liable for any decision made, action taken, or action not taken by the user in reliance upon such information.

This document is not intended for use as a surveyed product.

King County shall not be liable for any general, special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages including, but not limited to, lost revenues or lost profits resulting from the use or misuse of the information contained on this map.

Any sale of this map is prohibited except by written permission of King County.Please view associated documents.

https://kingcounty.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=1bc87f72a8b046e4ac8fce3a7675998d#overview - DISCLAIMER – Potential Landslide Hazard Areas.

https://kingcounty.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2b4cb9f075154ba2916a22370b3aa535#overview - REPORT – Potential Landslide Hazard Areas.


Contact information

Maintained by DLS - Permitting
Primary Paul McCombs

paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov


Terms of use and copyright


Change history

3/9/2026

Enhanced metadata for the following: lineage; theme keywords; description; and summary. Posted with schema change will update layer to built-in MSSQL Server geometry types.

6/20/2016

DPER began in early 2015 a program of mapping potential landslide hazards over all of unincorporated King County which was completed in June 2016.

See the report linked from the summary in this metadata document.