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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
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OBJECTID
From Esri |
Description
Internal feature number. DomainSequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. |
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Shape
From Esri |
Description
Feature geometry. DomainCoordinates defining the features. |
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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. DomainDouble |
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Shape.STLength()
From SQL Server |
Description
Returns the total length of the elements in a geometry instance. DomainDouble |
Contact information
| Maintained by | DLS - Permitting |
| Primary |
Paul McCombs
paul.mccombs@kingcounty.gov |
Terms of Use
| License | Terms of use and copyright |
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| Sharing Status | Public |
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
| License | 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. |