Rural Digitization Capstone

May 2015

December 2014

Digital Mapping Existed For:

  • 16 Western Counties
  • 20 Eastern Counties

Digitized Risk = 683.55 mi2

No Digital Mapping For:

  • 13 Western Counties
  • 15 Eastern Counties

April 2015

  • 13 Western Counties Mapped
  • 8 Eastern Counties; 5 In Progress; 2 Not On FEMA Site

 

Creation of Mapped Shapefiles:

  • Flood Hazard Area
  • BFEs
  • Panels
  • Edge Match (QC)

Additional Identified Risk = 97.87 mi2

Digital SFHA Availability

Results

—Now that the floodplains are digitized, and are FEMA’s regulatory standards, let’s use them as effective!

Next Steps

  • —How can we encourage communities to be responsible for their floodplains and submit LOMRs to FEMA as needed?

  • —Need an advocate!

  • —5 eastern counties ~55 panels + 3 LOMRs (Custer, Huerfano, Crowley, Otero, Bent)

  • —1 western county ~46 panels + 7 LOMRs (Rio Blanco)

Interactive Web Application

Rural Digitization

By Eben Dennis

Rural Digitization

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