Natural Hazard Mapping
Slope failure potential for an area of Wellington City
Susceptibility map example
The diagram above shows slope failure potential for an area in Wellington City. The slope failure susceptibility zones are shown in different colours ranging from very low in yellow through to very high in red.
For more information on susceptibility maps see: Kingsbury, P. (Compiler) 1995. Earthquake Induced Slope Failure Hazard Wellington - Notes to Accompany. Publication WRC/pp-T-95/06. Wellington Regional Council.
Wellington City Council fault hazard map example
The map above is taken from the Wellington City Council District Plan, Planning Map 18. It shows the area around Thorndon to the immediate west of the rail yards. Running from the top right to the bottom left is the Wellington Fault , marked out as a red crossed-hatched area running more or less parallel to the northern side of Tinakori Rd.
Palmerston North City Council Flood Hazard Map
The image above is from Map 5 of the Palmerston North City District Plan. It has been included to demonstrate how that plan depicts the Flood Hazard Zone described in the provisions above.
Map 5 covers the area in the immediate vicinity of Palmerston North Airport in the suburb of Milson. The airport is towards the bottom right of the image. The Flood Hazard Zone is shown in blue (with a black dashed outline marking the boundary), and generally follows the line of a stream from the top right of the image toward the bottom left.
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