Resources for
coastal flooding
SRC Training
USGS Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper Webinar
This virtual webinar featured the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) new Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper. Municipal staff, state agencies, and other partners joined to learn how USGS developed this new tool and how they could utilize it in planning and decision-making.
This webinar was hosted by New York Sea Grant, Connecticut Sea Grant, and the U.S. Geological Survey, with funding from Long Island Sound Partnership.
For questions or more information, email Kathleen Fallon.
A recording of the webinar along with webinar slides and a Q&A and references document is available below.
SRC Training
USGS Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper Webinar
This virtual webinar featured the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) new Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper. Municipal staff, state agencies, and other partners joined to learn how USGS developed this new tool and how they could utilize it in planning and decision-making.
This webinar was hosted by New York Sea Grant, Connecticut Sea Grant, and the U.S. Geological Survey, with funding from Long Island Sound Partnership.
For questions or more information, email Kathleen Fallon.
A recording of the webinar along with webinar slides and a Q&A and references document is available below.
SRC Events
Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper Webinar
Join us to learn about the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) new Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper. During this virtual webinar, geared towards municipal staff, state agencies, and other partners, you will learn how USGS developed this new tool and how to utilize it in planning and decision-making.
This webinar is hosted by New York Sea Grant, Connecticut Sea Grant, and the U.S. Geological Survey, with funding from Long Island Sound Partnership.
For questions or more information, email Kathleen Fallon.
SRC Events
Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper Webinar
Join us to learn about the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) new Compound Flood Hazard Assessment Mapper. During this virtual webinar, geared towards municipal staff, state agencies, and other partners, you will learn how USGS developed this new tool and how to utilize it in planning and decision-making.
This webinar is hosted by New York Sea Grant, Connecticut Sea Grant, and the U.S. Geological Survey, with funding from Long Island Sound Partnership.
For questions or more information, email Kathleen Fallon.
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USGS Compound Flood Hazard Web Map
The USGS Long Island Sound Partnership Compound Flood Hazard Web Map Application is an interactive tool developed by the U.S. Geological Survey’s New York Water Science Center that helps users explore the combined impacts of multiple flooding drivers across the New York and Connecticut coastal regions. Drivers of compound flooding included in the assessment were precipitation, coastal (storm surge, tidal), and groundwater emergence, which when combined can lead to more severe and widespread inundation than from any single cause alone.
The map visually displays hazard rankings and spatial patterns of flood drivers so that planners, emergency managers, researchers, and the public can better understand where these flood hazards are most likely to coincide, thus supporting local decision making for flood mitigation, coastal planning, and resilience strategies. The application is based on USGS models and ongoing research into regional flood processes.
Mapper
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USGS Compound Flood Hazard Web Map
The USGS Long Island Sound Partnership Compound Flood Hazard Web Map Application is an interactive tool developed by the U.S. Geological Survey’s New York Water Science Center that helps users explore the combined impacts of multiple flooding drivers across the New York and Connecticut coastal regions. Drivers of compound flooding included in the assessment were precipitation, coastal (storm surge, tidal), and groundwater emergence, which when combined can lead to more severe and widespread inundation than from any single cause alone.
The map visually displays hazard rankings and spatial patterns of flood drivers so that planners, emergency managers, researchers, and the public can better understand where these flood hazards are most likely to coincide, thus supporting local decision making for flood mitigation, coastal planning, and resilience strategies. The application is based on USGS models and ongoing research into regional flood processes.
Report
A Regional Needs Assessment to Help Build a Sustainable & Resilient Long Island Sound
This factsheet summarizes the findings of a 2022 informal needs assessment of coastal Long Island Sound communities conducted by the Long Island Sound Study’s Sustainable & Resilient Communities (SRC) Working Group Extension Professionals Team. The goal of the needs assessment was to guide future SRC work and to understand: 1) which environmental threats communities are most concerned about, 2) what communities are already doing to address these threats (including their goals and priority projects), 3) what barriers are preventing actions, and 4) what support is needed to overcome those barriers.
Report
A Regional Needs Assessment to Help Build a Sustainable & Resilient Long Island Sound
This factsheet summarizes the findings of a 2022 informal needs assessment of coastal Long Island Sound communities conducted by the Long Island Sound Study’s Sustainable & Resilient Communities (SRC) Working Group Extension Professionals Team. The goal of the needs assessment was to guide future SRC work and to understand: 1) which environmental threats communities are most concerned about, 2) what communities are already doing to address these threats (including their goals and priority projects), 3) what barriers are preventing actions, and 4) what support is needed to overcome those barriers.