Overview
The Geologic Hazards of the South Carolina Coastal Plain map has been designed as a planning tool for use by emergency managers for the response to, and recovery from, a hazardous geologic event. Such events include earthquakes, landslides, or sinkhole formation(s). It also may be useful to land-use planners and regulators as a generalized guide to regional hazard mitigation actions. This deterministic map assumes that the occurrence of geologic hazards in the Coastal Plain region of South Carolina is related to the underlying geologic conditions.
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