Geographic Information Systems and
Floodplain Management
Using Collaborative Tools to Enhance Flood Hazard Mitigation
Laura Haverlah, CFM
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GIS & Friends: Creating Better Data Together
ArcGIS: Esri’s geographic information systems (GIS) software
Hazus: FEMA software application for multi-hazard loss estimation
SDE (Substantial Damage Estimator): A plug-in tool for damage estimation
FMD: Floodmap Desktop (Atkins proprietary ArcGIS extension)
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“The beginning is the most important part of the work”
-Plato
Esri’s ArcGIS software provides the platform for GIS data development,
processing, and production.
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Hazus: Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation
Estimate physical, economic, and social impacts of disasters using
Hazus
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Hazus: Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation
Using the Hazus Flood Model
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Define study region
Create a basemap of study region
Identify hazards of interest
Produce the following outputs:
Return
Intervals
Discharge
Frequencies
Annualized
Losses
“Quick Look”
Assessments
“What if”
scenarios
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Hazus: Multi-Hazard Loss Estimation
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SDE: Substantial Damage Estimator
Determine substantial damage for residential and non-residential
structures
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SDE: Hurricane Harvey
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SDE: Hurricane Harvey
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SDE: Substantial Damage Estimator
Get off
my lawn!
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FMD: Floodmap Desktop
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Generate FEMA RiskMap products using the FMD extension
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FMD: Floodmap Desktop
Setting up your project
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Create the geodatabase
Set the Project Settings
Import any needed data
Create the FIRM Panel
index
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FMD: Floodmap Desktop
Creating FIRM Panels
Set up Data Driven pages
QA/QC data
Create Maps
Create Annotation
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FMD: Floodmap Desktop
Producing RiskMAP products
Export Maps
Export Data to GCS
Export to Shapefiles
Export Metadata
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FMD: Floodmap Desktop
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What can you do with GIS?
Hazus: https://www.fema.gov
FEMA’s SDE: https://www.fema.gov
FMD: http://floodmapdesktop.com
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