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A selection of HVO data and publications. Please email askHVO@usgs.gov with questions about HVO resources.

Hawai‘i Bibliographic Database

The Hawai‘i bibliographic database has been created to contain all of the literature, from 1779 to the present, pertinent to the volcanological history of the Hawaiian-Emperor volcanic chain.

For access to the Hawaiian Bibliographic Database, please email askHVO@usgs.gov

Legacy Publications

The Volcano letter: A weekly news leaflet published 1925-1955
Report of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (1912)
Second report of HVO - On cyclical variations in eruption at Kilauea (1917)
Third special report of HVO - Ash formations of the island Hawaii (1938)
Fourth special report of HVO - Steam blast volcanic eruptions (1949)
Fifth special report of HVO - Abrasion Hardness (1950)

Recent Data Releases

Geospatial database of the 2022 summit and Northeast Rift Zone eruption of Mauna Loa volcano, Hawai'i

Lava fountain heights and associated timelapse images during the 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption of Kīlauea volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi

Chronology of recent volcanic activity on the Island of Hawai‘i, Hawaii

Rapid-response digital elevation models of the 2020–present summit eruptions at Kīlauea Volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi

Thermal camera data for the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, 2019–2022

Sulfur dioxide emission rates from Hawaiian volcanoes, 2018-2022

Chemical and isotopic composition of gas, water, and solids from the 2019-2020 water lake in Halema’uma’u Crater, Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii

Colorimeter data for the summit water lake at Kīlauea Volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi, 2020

Water-level data for the crater lake at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi, 2019–2020

Elevation of the lava lake in Halemaʻumaʻu crater, Kīlauea Volcano, from 2009 to 2018

Volcanic plume heights from the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i

Lava level and crater geometry data during the 2018 lava lake draining at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii

Geologic Maps

Geologic Map of the State of Hawaiʻi

Geologic Map of the Southern Flank of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawai‘i, Hawaii

Geologic Map of the Central-Southeast Flank of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawai‘i, Hawaii

Geologic Map of the Northeast Flank of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawai'i, Hawaii

Lava inundation zone maps for Mauna Loa, Island of Hawaiʻi, Hawaii

Map Showing Lava-Flow Hazard Zones, Island of Hawaii

Fact Sheets

Volcanic air pollution hazards in Hawaii
Mauna Loa—History, Hazards, and Risk of living With the World's Largest Volcano
Earthquakes in Hawai‘i—An Underappreciated but Serious Hazard
Kīlauea–an Explosive Volcano in Hawai‘i
Viewing Lava Safely – Common Sense is Not Enough

Hazards Assessments and Reports

Preliminary Analyses of Volcanic Hazards at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 2017–2018
Preliminary Analysis of Hazards at the Kamokuna Ocean Entry: Cooperator Report to the U.S. Coast Guard
Earthquake hazards and estimated losses in the County of Hawai‘i
Seismic-hazard maps for Hawaii
Steepest-Descent Lines for Kīlauea, Mauna Loa, Hualālai, and Mauna Kea Volcanoes, Hawai‘i
Applications of GIS to the estimation of lava flow hazards on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai`i
Lava flow hazards and risk assessment on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai`i
Volcanic and seismic hazards on the Island of Hawaii
Volcanic hazards in the Hawaiian Islands
Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions on the Island of Maui, Hawaii

USGS General Publications

Have humans influenced volcanic activity on the lower East Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano? A publication review
Undocumented Late 18th- to Early 19th-Century Volcanic Eruptions in the Southwest Rift Zone of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i
The 2014 annual report for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Characteristics of Hawaiian Eruptions
Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes— Past, Present, and Future
Two Hundred Years of Magma Transport and Storage at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i, 1790–2008
The Story of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory—A Remarkable First 100 Years of Tracking Eruptions and Earthquakes
The Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō–Kupaianaha Eruption of Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai‘i: The First 20 Years
Volcanism in Hawaii
The geology and petrology of Mauna Kea Volcano, Hawaii; a study of postshield volcanism