{"id":57,"date":"2013-03-15T01:39:10","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T01:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/?page_id=57"},"modified":"2026-05-11T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T01:37:15","slug":"hazard-classification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/hazard-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Hazard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hazard potential refers to the possible adverse incremental consequences that result from the release of water due to dam failure or misoperation.\u00a0It does NOT give any indication of how likely the dam is to fail or the current condition of the dam (including safety, structural integrity, or flood routing capacity).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Hazard Potential Classification Definitions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>High Hazard<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 means the dam failure will result in\u00a0<em>probable loss of human life<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Significant Hazard<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 means the dam failure will probably not result in loss of human life, but can cause\u00a0<em>major economic loss, environmental damage, disruption of lifeline facilities<\/em>, or impact other concerns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Low Hazard<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 means the dam failure will probably not result in loss of human life and have low economic loss or environmental loss, or both. \u00a0Economic losses would be principally\u00a0<em>limited to the owner\u2019s property<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hazard Potential Classification for Regulated Dams in Hawaii<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Most of the regulated dams in Hawaii are classified as High Hazard because their inundation areas cover areas where people work, live, or recreate. The interactive map below shows the location of the regulated dams in Hawaii and their Hazard classification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Map and pie chart of regulated dams in Hawaii by hazard classification\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/dashboards\/58c8d0a524124b0b8bfa3d173f9ede77\" width=\"100%\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"yes\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/dam\/about-dam-safety\/about-the-dam-safety-program\/\">The Dam Safety Program<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/dam\/about-dam-safety\/condition-assessment\/\">Condition Assessment<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/storymaps.arcgis.com\/stories\/52e113df590341cb8c6aab9d15317749\">History<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/dlnr.hawaii.gov\/reports\/reports-to-the-legislature\/\">Annual Reports<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/dlnreng.hawaii.gov\/fcds\/contact-us\/\">Contact Us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazard potential refers to the possible adverse incremental consequences that result from the release of water due to dam failure or misoperation.\u00a0It does NOT give any indication of how likely the dam is to fail or the current condition of the dam (including safety, structural integrity, or flood routing capacity). Hazard Potential Classification Definitions Hazard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-57","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":978,"href":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/57\/revisions\/978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test-dlnreng.ehawaii.gov\/dam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}