Big island hawaii lava zone map. Where are the lava zone 1 areas located on the big island. There are nine zones in alllava zone 1 through 9and each zone has a particular meaning for the potential hazard. Hazard zone boundaries are drawn as double lines because of the geologic uncertainty in their placement.
The current map shown below divides the island into zones that are ranked from 1 through 9 based on the probability of coverage by lava flows. The latest map divides the island into 9 zones with lava flows most likely to occur in zone 1 and least likely in zone 9. Hawaii lava hazard zone maps maps showing volcanic hazard zones on the island of hawaii were first prepared in 1974 by the us.
As the numbers increase the hazard decreases. The current lava map is also 20 years old and provides a very broad look at hawaii island. Typically you would need to overlay several maps including the lava zone map to identify if a property is located in a particular lava zone.
Geological survey and were revised in 1987. In the district of kau some parts of ocean view are included in lava zone 1. In the district of puna designated lava zone 1 areas include leilani estate royal gardens kalapana vacation lots and some areas of kapoho.
Volcano boundaries are shown as heavy dark bands reflecting the overlapping of lava flows from adjacent volcanoes along their common boundary.