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shoreline and 2,000 feet maka► of Kuakini Highway, at an elevation of approximately <br />700 feet above mean sea level. <br />17. U.S.D.A. Soil Type: Soils on the property are of the Kaimu (rKED) and Aa lava <br />flows (rLV) series The Kaimu extremely stony peat (rKED) is well -drained, thin <br />organic soil that varies from 3 to 8 inches in thickness The Kaimu (rKED) consists of <br />dark brown extremely stony peat over fragmented a'a. Permeability is rapid, runoff is <br />slow and the erosion hazard is slight. The Aa lava flows (rLV) soil is essentially A'a <br />lava, which generally consists of rough and broken masses of clinkery lava, with <br />practically no soil covering. Surface water percolates readily though the rough and <br />broken lava. <br />18 ALISH Map: Agricultural Lands of Importance to the State of Hawaii (ALISH) has <br />classified the subject property as "Other Important Agricultural Land". Other <br />Important Agricultural Land is defined as land other than Prime or Unique Agricultural <br />Land that is also of statewide or local importance for agricultural use. <br />19. Land Study Bureau: Soils within the property are classified as "D" or Poor. <br />20. FIRM: Zone "X", areas determined to be outside the 500 -year flood plain. <br />21. Lava Flow Hazard: The U.S. Geological Service Lava Flow Hazard Maps show the <br />area of the subject property, as is all of the Kona area, to be within Lava Flow Hazard <br />Zone 4, which indicates that less than 15 percent of the land in this zone has been <br />covered with lava in the last 750 years and that there has been 5 percent lava coverage <br />in the past 200 years. <br />22. Earthquake: The County of Hawaii Building Code identifies the entire island of <br />Hawaii in Earthquake Zone 4 and contains certain structural requirements to address <br />the relative seismic hazard. Earthquakes associated with volcanic events, primarily <br />underground magmatic movement within Hualalai, have been reported. Based on <br />historic data, earthquakes having a Richter Scale magnitude 6.4 occur in the area of the <br />subject property on the average of once every 62 years. <br />23. Flora: According to the applicant's Environmental Report, the property is almost <br />entirely covered with grass and stands of koa haole. Plant species found in the area are <br />-5- <br />