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Community Information Please provide the name of each community that will benefit from this mitigation activity. County Community CID CRS .CRS State State Code Name Number Communi Ratin Legislative ~ g District i HI 155166_QBMOZOHWP HAWAII COUNTY 155166 N k Enter Community Profile information below. US Congressional District Help The southern-most island in the Hawaiian Island chain, Hawaii, is also commonly referred to as the Big Island. The total land area of the county is 13,175 square kilometers, and comprises only the island of Hawaii. Four land use districts are identified in the county: Urban Districts, Rural Districts, Agricultural Districts, and Conservation Districts. Census data from 2000 identifies a population of 148,677, and the 2006 estimate predicts an increase by 15.1%. The 2000 visitor population was 462,470 persons, who are typically housed along the western island shore of the island, primarily in areas designated as evacuation areas. Comments Geographically isolated from the nearest large land mass by at least 2400 miles, Hawaii County is largely required to be self-reliant in the event of large disasters, as proven by the Kiholo Bay earthquake of 2006, the floods of 2000, and the ongoing Kilauea volcano lava flow, which has consumed to date over 100 homes, destructively eliminated the community of Kalapana, has consumed over 65% of Royal Gardens subdivision and has added more than 540 acres to the County. The residents of Hawaii are immediately threatened by an interruption of necessary and life-dependent supplies should shipping or air entry be interrupted by disaster, and therefore the need to operate independent of inter-island and inter-continental dependence on delivery of emergency and life saving supplies is critical to the survival of the people of Hawaii. Attachments State HI Community Name HAWAII COUNTY County Name HAWAII County Code HAWAII COUNTY City Code 155166 FLP_S Code 001 Help CID Number 155166 1-1e1p 155166