2023 Lahaina Wildfire Evacuation Survey Data from 657 Residents

November to December 2023 survey data from 657 residents affected by the August 2023 Maui wildfires. The research team collected data on warning information sources, protective action decision-making, and evacuation logistics. The project was funded by NSF#2345642 and data is associated with a publication in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.

Use Cases

• Modeling evacuation decision-making based on warning information sources described in the survey.
• Analyzing the impact of infrastructure failures on protective actions as captured in the questionnaire.
• Studying risk perception and information-seeking behaviors influenced by wildfire experience.
• Developing agent-based evacuation models using the collected behavioral response data.

Strengths

• Data from 657 respondents retained after cleaning across two collection efforts.
• Survey materials were provided in Spanish and a Pacific Islander language to mitigate language barriers.
• Data collection targeted specific demographic groups, yielding 22 Spanish-language and two Pacific-Islander-language responses.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The sample is described as a convenience sample, which may limit generalizability.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Chen, Chen; DesignSafe Data Depot Repository Harvested Subcollection

Collection Method

Household questionnaire survey conducted at the Lahaina Civic Center as part of an NSF RAPID project.

Time Range

Survey conducted November 27 to December 1, 2023, with a subsequent visit in mid-December 2023.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-09 07:10:08; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, United States.