National Capitol Region

HAZUS User Group Call

October 31, 2013 10:00 AM EST

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NCR HUG Call Details

Conference Call Details: 1. Dial-in: 1-267-507-0240

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Agenda

• Welcome + Announcements

• Follow up - FEMA Region III HAZUS Training

• Silvana Croope & Dave Carlson – HAZUS Presentation Status of utilizing HAZUS in the State of Delaware

• Cynthia McCoy– HAZUS “How to” Presentation Developing a depthgrid from cross sections, flood boundary polygon and DEM

• HAZUS Ready Data + Geospatial Web Portals

• Reminder - HAZUS Data & Training Collaboration

• Request for Volunteers – Next NCR HUG Call

• Adjourn

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Announcements Upcoming HAZUS Courses at EMI

The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) has the following HAZUS training course available:

E313 Basic HAZUS-MH: November 18-21 2013

E172 HAZUS for Flood: December 2-5 2013

E174 HAZUS for Earthquake: December 9-12 2013

E170 HAZUS-MH for Hurricane: Jan 13-16 2014

E296 Application of HAZUS-MH for Risk Assessment: Jan 20-23 2014

E179 Application of HAZUS-MH for Disaster Operations: Jan 27-30 2014

E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS-MH: Feb 3-6 2014

E176 HAZUS for Floodplain Managers: Mar 17-20 2014

E313 Basic HAZUS-MH: Mar 31 - Apr 3 2014 & Aug 4- 7, 2014

E317 Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS: Aug 11-14 2014

To apply for a HAZUS training course, please visit: http://training.fema.gov/Apply/

To enroll, download the Admission Application or contact Philip Moore at (301) 447-1248

For further information on registration, please visit training.fema.gov/emiweb

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Announcements All 2013 HAZUS Symposium Presentations

Available on the NCR HUG Use HAZUS Site - http://www.usehazus.com/ncrhug

Under HUG Presentations + Newsletters

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Full Name Organization Presentation 1 Presentation 2 Presentation 3

Adam Pooler Stantec Consulting Performing a Hazus Level 2 Analysis

Andrew Schreiber IMPLAN LLC Implan Overview: Use of Economics in Hazus

Anthony Tavis Geological Survey of Alabama

Hazus Scenarios for Potential Large Magnitude Earthquakes in Northeastern

Alabama, Southern Appalachian Seismic Zone

Ben Schattschneider Stantec Consulting Performing a Hazus Level 2 Analysis

Bert Struik

Department of Nautral

Resources Canada Hazus supports table-top earthquake response exercises, Canada

Dr. Duaju Kumaran Raju National University of Singapore Singapore Adoption of Hazus-MH

Dr. Greg Alward IMPLAN LLC Implan Overview: Use of Economics in Hazus

Eric Coughlin Atkins Global Best Practices

Heidi Crow University of Southern California

Hazus MH 2.0 Crop Flood Loss Modeling Methodology for Fremont County,

Iowa

James Mawby Dewberry 2011 BCAR Re-Engineered Depth-Damage Curves in Hazus Use of Hazus with the Puerto Rico Planning Board

Jesse Rozelle Region VIII FEMA Going Beyond the Census Block with Hazus Flood

Jonathan Remo

Souther Illinois Unversity--

Carbondale Assessing Statewide Flood Vulnerability in Illinois Using Hazus-MH

Jordan Hastings University of Southern California

Integrating Observed Hazards to Compare with Predicted into Utility GIS for

Flood Response Capabilities

Kevin Mickey IUPUI Hazus Capability Overview

Georgia Hazus Project – A Model for Success through

Collaboration

Linda Schick IMPLAN LLC Implan Overview: Use of Economics in Hazus

Miroslav Nastev

Department of Nautral

Resources Canada Adapting the Hazus Flood Model for Use in Canada

Seismic Risk Analysis for Montreal: An Application of

Hazus Canada 2.1 and Calibration of Shelter Model

(U. Tamima owner)

Mourad Bouhafs Atkins Global Overview of the Upcoming Hazus-MH Tsunami Methodology Using Grid Analysis for Calculating Flood Losses

Nikolay Todorov ABS Associates

Performing Large-Scale Hazus Analysis: Statewide Analysis within Single Study

Region

Hazus-MH: Dasymetric Exposure Distribution

Approach,

Adapting the Hazus Flood

Model for Use in Canada

Phil McCormick City of Riverside, CA California Disasters

Scott Morlock US Geological Survey

USGS Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) Program – Linking Stream Gages, Flood

Forecasts, Inundation Mapping, and Hazus

Shane Parson URS Inc. The ‘Last Frontier’ in Hazus: Innovative Uses of Hazus in Seward, Alaska

Terry Jackson

Georgia Department of

Community Affairs Georgia Hazus Project – A Model for Success through Collaboration

Zachary Baccala Atkins Global

Performing Large-Scale Hazus Analysis: Statewide Analysis within Single Study

Region Best Practices

FEMA Region III E313 Basic HAZUS Training

• 40 FEMA Region III State, County, Local Gov. & University partners

were trained in the Basics of HAZUS-MH

– New cadre of HAZUS resources in each state

• 55 + individuals participated in an Interactive Discussion

– SHMOs, NFIP Coordinators, State GIS Officers, other State and Federal partners

• Highlighting the intersections between HAZUS and Mitigation Planning

• Initiated conversations about Statewide geospatial collaboration and data sharing

• Identified challenges to data sharing

• Need for statewide data assessment and centralized storage/access

• Identified new data resources and initiatives

• Informed FEMA Region III Risk MAP and Hazard Mitigation Initiatives

Training Sites: University of Delaware, Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center and

George Mason University

Trainers: Kevin Mickey and David Coats from the POLIS Center at Indiana University–

Purdue University

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FEMA Region III E313 Basic HAZUS Training

Thank You to our Hosts !

Jim Shellenberger – County Commissioners Association of PA (CCAP)

Craig Elmer - Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center

Ben Mearns – University of Delaware

Nigel Waters – George Mason University

Extra Special Thank You to James Mawby and Mike McGeehin!

This training wouldn’t have happened without you.

Thank you very much!

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Silvana V Croope, Ph.D.Delaware Department of Transportation – TMC

October 31, 2013

Problem Scopel i i t d ti f t t l di t scale, economic impact and timeframe - past natural disasters

financial/economic crisis - local and global level scientific research advance need - findings easier for scientific research advance need findings easier for

application

ResilienceResilience

ManageCritical civil

infrastructure systems

Climate change

Economic challenges (disasters)

Manage into

feasible (transportation)(disasters)

adaptation practices

Damage costs

Built and Natural Environmental challenges to Comm nit Critical Infrastr ct re and TransportationCommunity, Critical Infrastructure and Transportation

UN and IPCC research and recommendations on “climate change” Kyoto Protocol and current “Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol”

(1/1/2013 to 12/31/2020)(1/1/2013 to 12/31/2020) Risk packages: SLR, extreme weather, rain distribution, intensity and

frequency of storms, temperature○ Emissions and transportation

Climate Change governmental agendas Political perspectives, policies and “opportunities within crisis” National Academy of Science and Resilience National Academy of Science and Resilience

Community, economics and critical infrastructure systems

Hazus-MH and the packages of risks needing assessments

U.S.A. & DE Supporting Policies and PublicationsU.S.A. & DE Supporting Policies and Publications

PPD 21 - http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/02/12/presidential polic directi e critical infrastr ct reoffice/2013/02/12/presidential-policy-directive-critical-infrastructure-security-and-resil Disaster Resilience in America (National Academies) - http://nas-

sites.org/resilience/Resilience-Events/ Disaster Resilience – A National Imperative -

http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13457#toc Launching a National Conversation on Disaster Resilience in America:

Workshop Summary - http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=18411 June 2013 – President’s Climate Change Action Plan -

http://www.whitehouse.gov/share/climate-action-plan State of Delaware – Governor Executive Order -

http://governor delaware gov/orders/EO41 pdfhttp://governor.delaware.gov/orders/EO41.pdf Delaware Sea Level Rise (DNREC) - http://www.sosdelaware.org/ World Economic Forum – Global Risks 2013, 8th edition -

http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF GlobalRisks Report 2013.pdfhttp://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GlobalRisks_Report_2013.pdf

Risk Assessment and Resilience of SystemsSystems

Risk Resilience-Impacts- Hazus- Insight for mitigation

-Preparedness- Mitigation- Actions plans projects- Insight for mitigation - Actions, plans, projects- (resilience engineering/hardening, resilience

t k/ d t ti ilinetwork/adaptation, resilience planning/urban engineering)

System capacity to absorb disturbance and reorganize Principles: redundancy, robustness, rapidity, resourcefulness Systems designs vulnerability (damage from hazardous Systems designs vulnerability (damage from hazardous

events) & increasing adaptive capacity of systems

NATO Science Programme and Carnagie BoschCarnagie Bosch Institute

Hazus-MH Analysis & SimulationsBefore Event (diagnosis) After Event (metrics)

Historical events Resilience approach and metrics

Real-time events & data (e.g. Hurrevac …)

- Disruption (down time) + damages?

Repetitive loss (FEMA BCA) –damage assessment &

-- Vulnerability to Mitigation

-(manage CI problems,recovery

System fulfillment of resilience h t i ti ( d ti

( g p develop protection strategies, ensure continuous system

ti ( t i f t ))characteristics (adaptive ability)?

operation (uncertain future))

Resilience metricsResilience metricsperformance indicators, safety measures, and/or based in

rating systems to capture systems behavior

Assessing Transportation System Resilience

Data sources DelDOT: pictures, traffic and detours reports; bridge data (GIS),

t f l l d d b id di it l ( df) d St treports of local damaged bridges, digital maps (pdf); roads, State boundaries

Spat Lab: Elevation Data St t LiDAR State LiDAR DNREC & FEMA DEM and grid maps improvements DelDOT + DNREC + DEMA + DEOS + DGS + USGS + FEMA +

FHWA = Road Weather/Flooding monitoring and Warning SystemFHWA = Road Weather/Flooding monitoring and Warning System HAZUS-MH data inventory.

ToolsTools GIS ArcInfo and extentions Spatial Analyst Network Analyst

HAZUS-MH Flood & Hurricane Models Analysis Level 1 & Improved

Network Analyst Excel Others

y p FHWA – Climate Change

Mitigation Projects

Understanding difficulties of path forwardforward

Treasury Institute 2008)

Multi Critical Civil Infrastructure SystemsAW – Artesian Water DPE – Delmarva Power ElectricDPG – Delmarva Power Gas ITMS – FiberVER - Verizon ...

Usual Starting Point

1. Define and understand what is climate change and gpossible/expected impacts of it in transportation

2. Verify existing work in Delaware from DNREC, DEMA and other Municipalities (e.g. City of Lewes)

3. Verify strategies adopted by other States in the U.S. (e.g. Washington DC strategic plan)

4. Do or collect statewide assessments on climate h f t t tichange for transportation

a) if assessments are not specific enough, define additional parameters to be pursued to complete the transportationparameters to be pursued to complete the transportation system assessment

Research support done DelDOT/UD “Abandon, Repair or Improve Roads in the Abandon, Repair or Improve Roads in the

Face of Climate Change” with Rob McCleary

“DelDOT Summer Interns Estimate Costs for DelDOT Summer Interns Estimate Costs for Future Flooding Repairs” (Kimberly Ambrose – CAIT/UD) - $1.45 billion with Michael ) $Kirkpatrick

(publication Transearch – Delaware Center for Transportation – Summer/Fall 2013 Vol.13, No. 2)

Strategic actions put in place in DelDOT March 2010 – initial discussions on “Weather/Flooding Monitoring and Warning System”

Project in the TMC – consolidation of efforts with agreements and ITS systems – 4/2013

November 2011 – Mid Atlantic Geospatial Transportation User Group Meeting –“Transportation and Emergency Management Spatial Analysis” (DelTech)Transportation and Emergency Management Spatial Analysis (DelTech)

February 2012 – Delaware Hazus User Group

October 2012 – Official Support from DEMA’s Director to DEHUG (and Silvana’s leadership role together with DEMA’s State Mitigation Officer David Carlson)p g g )

January 2013 – first DelDOT climate change plan submission to FHWA (planning + traffic)

August 2013 – Risk Assessment for Transportation Workshop (Hazus and FEMA support)

Hazus training offered Statewide with support from the University of Delaware (10/ 22 –25/ 2013)

Cli t Ch d R ili f T t ti (FHWA f k h i Climate Change and Resilience for Transportation (FHWA framework approach in planning process, weather/flooding impacts, USACE suggestions, resilience)

Vision: “Leading Office/Committee – specific activities & integration of climate change practices to day-to-day activities cross-section ”to day to day activities cross section...

Questions???Questions???Thank you!

Cynthia McCoy – FEMADavid Carlson DEMADavid Carlson – DEMAState Agencies Officials, Academia PartnersDelDOT Officials (Bridge, Planning, Operations)( g g p )FHWAUSGS

Contact:Silvana.Croope@state.de.usp @(302)659-4606

HAZUS “How to” Presentation How to develop a depthgrid from cross sections, floodplain polygon and a DEM

National Capitol Region HUG Call October 31, 2013

Cynthia McCoy

Risk Analyst

FEMA Region III

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Inputs

• Cross Sections: DFIRM database

• FEMA Map Service Center: https://msc.fema.gov/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/FemaWelcomeView?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1

• Clean up overlapping cross sections

• Cross sections must extend beyond the flood boundary

• Base Flood Elevations

• In the Xs shapefile within the DFIRM database or

• Flood insurance Study (FIS)

• Digital Elevation Model: DEM

• USGS National Map Viewer • Use the same DEM quality that was utilized to delineate the floodplain boundary polygon

• 1% floodplain polygon

• DFIRM database

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Create a depthgrid from: Model cross sections and a DEM

1. Create a TIN from the Cross Sections – For each stream

• Use the Create TIN tool in Arc Toolbox – Make sure the 3D analyst extenstion is

turned on

• The output location should be in a database

• Use the same spatial reference as the Cross sections

• Set the height field of the Cross section layer to the BFE elevation

• Include the floodplain polygon and set the height field to None

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Create a depthgrid from: Model cross sections and a DEM

2. Convert the TIN to a Raster

• Use the TIN to raster tool in Arc Toolbox

• Set the output data type as float, method set to natural neighbors and manually

type in the raster resolution of your DEM

• In the environments settings, set the processing extent to Snap Raster to your

DEM, and set the cell alignment to same as your DEM

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Create a depthgrid from: Model cross sections and a DEM

3. Mosaic all rasters into one file

• Use the Mosaic (Data Management) tool in Arc Toolbox

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Create a depthgrid from: Model cross sections and a DEM

4. Use the conditional operation to calculate the depthgrid from the

water grid

• In the Raster Calculator, use the Con statement with the following format with the

actual grid names for both the water surface (your combined raster) and the

ground terrain (DEM):

• Make sure the Spatial analyst extension is turned on

Con((“water” – “ground”) , (“water” – “ground”))

• In the environmental settings, set the Snap raster to the DEM

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Create a depthgrid from: Model cross sections and a DEM

5. Extract by Mask

• Use the Extract by Mask (Spatial Analyst) tool in Arc Toolbox

• Use the floodplain polygon as the mask

• Make sure the final raster is an ESRI Grid

to be used in HAZUS

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Results

This is a general method to provide a depth which is representative of

cross sections, BFEs and DEM.

• The results may not be identical to the original study

Users can develop tools to streamline this process

• Model builder

• Python scripting

• Arc GIS Scripting

HAZUS FIT

• Good tool with limitations

Requires stream by stream analysis

Winding stream segments can produce unreliable results and require user to turn these

streams into segments

Depthgrids for other return periods would be produced using

HEC-RAS to compute different flood boundaries

• HEC RAS model must be georeferenced

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Questions

?

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Contact:

Cynthia McCoy Risk Analyst

FEMA Region III

cynthia.mccoy@fema.dhs.gov

New HAZUS Ready Data

FEMA Region III Risk MAP HAZUS Hpr. Files:

Available on PASDA to download and to preview, with metadata files.

• FTP Download ftp://www.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda/fema/HAZUS/

• The Keyword Search link to the data http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/SearchResults.aspx?originator=&Keyword=hazus&sessionID=63783699220135893522&searchType=keyword&entry=PASDA&condition=AND

From the Search Results page click on any of the HAZUS project titles to view the metadata.

FEMA Region III Risk MAP Depthgrids:

Available on PASDA to download and to preview, with metadata files.

• FTP Download ftp://www.pasda.psu.edu/pub/pasda/fema/ (Click on the Depth Grids link to go to the list to download)

• A mention of the Flood Depth Grids on the New Data page http://www.pasda.psu.edu/news/newdata.asp

• The Keyword Search link to the data http://www.pasda.psu.edu/uci/SearchResults.aspx?originator=Federal%20Emergency%20Management%20Agency&Keyword=DFIRM%20Depth%20Grid&searchType=keyword&entry=PASDA&condition=AND&sessionID=63783699220135893522

• When you see the list of depth grids on the Search Results page click the lightning bolt next to any of them to preview the data. From the Search Results page click on any of the depth grids on the list to view a summary of the data and the link to the metadata.

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New Geospatial Web Portals

• FEMA Region III Risk MAP Information Portals: www.riskmap3.com/ – Building Footprints, Critical Facilities, DFIRM Data, Flood Depthgrids, Flood Hazard Areas, Water

Surface Elevations

– Data Extract

– Address Locator

– Draw and Measure

• USGS Flood Inundation Mapper: http://wim.usgs.gov/FIMIReview/FloodInundationMapper.html

– (not released to pubic)

– Flood Inundation map libraries used to communicate where flood may occur over a range of river levels.

– Connected with real-time and forecasted river levels at USGS stream gauges

– Helps communities identify immediate risk to flooding

• Stream Stats: http://water.usgs.gov/ – Analytical tools for water resource planning and management, engineering design applications,

such as design of bridges

– Easily obtain stream flow statistics, drainage-basin characteristics, and other data on streams

Questions for USGS tools: Mark Roland – mroland@usgs.gov

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Reminder: HAZUS Data & Training Collaboration

NCR HUG Google Drive shared site has been set up to facilitate

HAZUS data and training collaboration. This site will allow any

registered user to

(1) post a description of data/results they have to share with others,

(2) post a request of enhanced datasets or results that other’s might have

already done,

(3) post information about an upcoming training, and

(4) post a request for training on a specific or general topic.

• To register, email your Gmail ID to Jenna (jenna.mcgee@amec.com)

and the files will be shared with you. If you do not already have a

Gmail ID, it is free to sign up for one.

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Next Call

Thursday November 21, 2013 at 10:00 AM EST

Use the same number and conference code:

Call 1-267-507-0240 and enter this conference code # 697620

**Request volunteer for next month’s presentation

• Recent HAZUS project

• HAZUS “How to” presentation

Meeting notes and an updated presentation with audio will be sent out after this call

Adjourn

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