Interactive Map of King Tide PhotosLeft: Erosion along New Navy Base Road in Samoa during the December 23-24, 2022 King Tides. Photo by Jen Kalt.
How we will prepare for rising sea levels is just beginning to take shape here in the Humboldt Bay region. Humboldt Baykeeper has assessed sea level rise vulnerability for contaminated sites near Humboldt Bay. More than 300 contaminated sites are within 10 meters of current sea level, including more than 40 that are below 2 meters – the amount sea level is projected to rise by the year 2100.
Phase I: Shoreline Inventory, Mapping, and Vulnerability Assessment
A report to the State Coastal Conservancy by Aldaron Laird, Brian Powell, and Jeff Anderson.
Click below to download the report:
Humboldt Bay Shoreline Inventory, Mapping and SLR Vulnerability Assessment (PDF, 45 MB)
Addendum: Dike and Railroad Shoreline Vulnerability Rating
2/1/13
Parts of New York and New Jersey are still reeling from Superstorm Sandy, an event that brought climate change and the threat of sea-level rise front-and-center. It's a looming problem for all coastal cities, and one that San Francisco has been pondering since long before Sandy struck. Along San Francisco’s western shore, the Ocean Beach Master Plan is a kind of test case for sea-rise planning. It calls for big changes, including a strategy known as managed retreat.
12/12/12
If you head down the beach this week, or wander along the edges of San Francisco Bay, you may just be witnessing California's future.
The ocean is getting closer.
11/28/12
This year America watched sea levels rise and the ocean flood cities across the east coast in late October. Humboldt County faces a similar threat.
Mid-November to early December is when flood risk is the highest. A storm during the high tides of that time can overtake the dikes around Humboldt Bay, flood the area and cost the county millions of dollars to recover.
