TitleCoastal flood hazard study, Lincoln County, Oregon
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication2015
AuthorsAllan, Jonathan C., Peter Ruggiero, Nick Cohn, Gabriel Garcia, Fletcher E. O’Brien, Laura L. Stimely, and Jed T. Roberts
Secondary TitleOpen-File Report (Oregon. Department of Geology and Mineral Industries)
Volumeno.O-15-06
Pagination351 p.
InstitutionOregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries
CityPortland, Or.
Call NumberOSU Libraries: Electronic subscription, Digital Open Access
KeywordsAlsea Bay, Alsea Spit, climate, coastal hazards, Depoe Bay, erosion, flooding, Fogarty Creek, geography, geology, Lincoln County (Or.), paleosciences, precipitation, Rocky Creek, Salmon River Estuary, Siletz Bay, Siletz Spit, Waldport (Or.), Whale Cove, Yachats (Or.), Yachats River, Yaquina Bay, Yaquina Head
NotesThis is a technical document giving the factors and assumptions behind the flood hazard study. There are some colored maps and discussions of some sites, but it does not give the final maps. “The objective of the Lincoln County coastal flood hazard project is to develop a digital flood insurance rate map (DFIRM) and flood insurance study (FIS) report for Lincoln County, Oregon. . . DOGAMI has been contracted to perform detailed coastal flood hazard studies for the entire length of the Lincoln County shoreline of the Pacific Ocean.…” (p.1)
URLhttps://www.oregongeology.org/pubs/ofr/O-15-06_Lincoln.pdf