Central Pacific Island Environments

ISLANDS.....

Geography

• Hawaii Statewide GIS Program (DBEDT)
• Topozone for USGS topographic maps online of the Islands (and all the U.S.)
• Pacific Islands listed (CPIE)(work in progress)
• Nationwide Rivers Inventory -- Hawaii (NPS)
• Oceania - Search Yahoo **
• City & County of Honolulu GIS Maps -- Click on "Parcel and Zoning;" stay away from "Economic Development" maps. Although the older system provided much more useful information, the new system is easy to use if all you need is address and tax map key data.

Physiography

Geology
• Geologic maps of the Hawaiian Islands
• Hawaii Center for Volcanology **
• Koolau Drilling Project - information and data from ICDP Information Network, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany
• Recent earthquake activity ~ USGS site for Hawaii (updated constantly).
Soils
• Information about Soils ~ Pacific Island Area NRCS.
  • Web Soil Survey (WSS start page) NOTE: Provides no useful mapping information for Hawaiian Islands.
• Soils of Hawaii by Goro Uehara, H. Ikawa, and N. V. Hue, Department of Agronomy and Soil Science, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa. See also other soil and crop infomation at Department of Tropical Plant and Soil Science, UH Manoa.
• Official Soil Series Descriptions (OSD) for all U.S. soil series (USDA - NRCS).
• SHORT TOPICS:
  • Acid Soils in Hawaii: Problems and Management ~ Dr. Hue
  • Soils of Hawaii (Soil orders only) ~ John Seach
Wetlands
• Hydric Soils (NRCS)
• National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) wetlands mapper (USFWS)
Hydrology
• NWISWeb Data for Hawaii -- stream gaging stations data (USGS)
• National Weather Service Forecast Office, Honolulu Hawaii -- NOAA National Weather Service links to weather and hydrology information for the Hawaiian Islands **
Water Quality
• Oahu NAWQA -- USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program
• Making water quality measurements in Pacific islands aquatic environments**
• Coastal water temperatures -- current and monthly averages (NODC/NOAA)
• [PRESENTLY NOT WORKING] Water Quality Limited Segment Maps for Hawaii (HDOH) -- page includes access to the State of Hawaii 303(d) List of Water Quality Limited Waters (1998) PDF file
• CISNet Kaneohe Bay -- water quality monitoring in Kane`ohe Bay
• NP Budget for Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, U.S.A by S.V. Smith. September 23, 1996.

Watersheds

• Atlas of Hawaiian Watersheds & their Aquatic Resources, DAR, DLNR (pdf files by watershed).
• The Hawai'i Unified Watershed Assessment, October 1, 1998 -- DOH, DBEDT, USDA
• Hawaii Stream Visual Assessment Protocol (USDA, NRCS Hawaii)

Regulations

• Hawaii Water Quality Standards - Chapter 11-54 from HDOH (.pdf)
• Proposed changes to the State of Hawaii, Water Quality Standards - EPO at DOH
• Section 404 - Clean Water Act (Federal)

Government Data Sources & Web Gateway Pages

• EPA - Environmental Protection Agency **.
• Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program — DBEDT **
  • Hawaii Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program (Section 6217)
• NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration**
• NRCS - National Resource Conservation Service at USDA**
• USACOE - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers **
• USFWS - The U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service **
• USGS - The U. S. Geological Survey **
  • Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Hawaii District (Since 1980)