Open File Report 2004-20
Liquefaction Susceptibility and Site Class Maps of Washington State, by County
by Stephen P. Palmer, Sammantha L. Magsino, Eric L. Bilderback, James L. Poelstra, Derek S. Folger, and Rebecca A. Niggemann
2004
Available online only
In response to the Nisqually earthquake of 2001, DGER was awarded a grant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Washington Emergency Management Division to develop two types of earthquake hazard maps for every county in the state—liquefaction susceptibility maps, which outline areas where water-saturated sandy soil loses strength during earthquake shaking, and NEHRP (National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program) site class maps, which outline areas where soils amplify ground shaking. The maps will be used by state and local governments to update existing hazard mitigation plans and to delineate geologically hazardous areas under the Growth Management Act.
The project team completed and released a preliminary version of these statewide hazard maps in September 2003. The project team has now completed the final liquefaction susceptibility and NEHRP site class maps that include the results of more than 90 shear-wave velocity surveys and evaluation of geotechnical boring and water well data.
This publication supersedes a previous release of these maps and data in September 2004.
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