Texas Geographic Society
Presentation 1 of 2
Roddy Seekins
The Texas Hazard Mitigation Package
(THMP):
An Internet-based GIS Data Distribution Tool
www.thmp.info
How to Use THMP to Identify risk
and what to do next
www.thmp.info
THMP Map Viewers
[ Internet Mapping ]
SUMMARY DATA:
Number of hazard occurrences (frequency) over reported period of time,
summarized by county – and mapped into 4 classes (5 counting “0”)
Summary data is provided for 10 different hazards:
1. Hurricanes & Tropical Storms
2. Tornadoes
3. Floods
4. Other Storms
5. Drought
6. Outdoor Fires
7. Extreme Temperatures
8. Earthquakes
9. Hazardous Materials
10. Subsidence
Hurricanes: 1851 - 2001
Hurricanes & Tropical Storms 1851 - 2001
Floods: 1961 - 1999
Floods: 1961 – 1999
Other Storms 1955-2003: Identify = Travis
County
DETAIL DATA:
Hazard occurrences by actual location of event (if available),
hazard risk zones, and other significant data used in identification
and quantification of hazard risk
Detail data is provided for the same 10 hazard categories,
separated into Weather-related and Non Weather-related:
Weather-related Hazards
Non Weather-related Hazards
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1. Earthquakes
2. Hazardous Materials
3. Subsidence
Hurricanes & Tropical Storms
Tornadoes
Floods
Other Storms
Drought
Outdoor Fires
Extreme Temperatures
BASE MAPS:
Reference geography to overlay with hazards
Base maps are provided for 6 different categories:
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Administrative Boundaries
Transportation
Hydrography
Landscape
Population
Weather-base data
Hurricane Tracks: 1851-2001
Hurricane Risk Zones
THMP 1.0 Data Layers
Currently, there are 59 GIS data layers available to map online,
download or stream into your own GIS/mapping system
Hazards: Weather-related
1. Hurricanes & Tropical Storms
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Hurricanes: 1851-2001
Tropical/Subtropical Storms: 1851-2001
Hurricane Tracks: 1851-2001
Tropical/Subtropical Storms: 1851-2001
Hurricane Risk Zones
Hurricane Evacuation Routes
2. Tornadoes
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Tornadoes (F3-F5): 1950-2003
Tornadoes (F1-F5): 1950-2003
Tornado Risk Zones
Tornado Events (F3-F5): 1950-2003
Tornado Events (F1-F5): 1950-2003
Floods
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Floods: 1961-1999
Flood Events (Major): 1905-2001
Flood Events: 1993-2003
Flood Risk Zones
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Other Storms
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Other Storms: 1955-2003
Wind Risk Zones
Other Storm Events: 1994-2003
5. Outdoor Fires
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Outdoor Fires: 2000-2003
Outdoor Fire Risk Zones
6. Drought
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Drought (Months): 1976-2003
Drought Events: 1996-2003
7. Extreme Temperatures
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Extreme Heat (Days): 1980-2003
Extreme Cold (Days): 1980-2003
Data Layer List …continued
Hazards: Non Weather-related
8. Earthquakes
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Earthquakes: 1882-1985
Earthquake Epicenters: 1882-1985
Earthquake Risk Zones
9. Hazardous Materials
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Hazardous Materials (All): 2004
Hazardous Waste Sites: 2004
Radioactive Waste Sites: 2004
Superfund Sites: 2004
Hazardous Cargo Routes
10. Subsidence
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Subsidence (Feet): 1918-1975
Subsidence Risk Zones
Data Layer List …continued
Base Maps
1. Administrative Boundaries
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U.S.
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Council of Government Districts
Counties
Cities
GDEM Disaster Districts
Parks
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Interstate Highways
Major Highways
3. Hydrography
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River Basins
Lakes & Reservoirs (Large-scale)
Lakes & Reservoirs (Small-scale)
Rivers and Streams
Major Aquifers
Minor Aquifers
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Elevation
Soils
Population
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2. Transportation
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Landscape
Population (County): 2000
Population (Tract): 2000
Population (Block Group): 2000
Population (Block): 2000
Population (County): 2005 Estimate
Population (County): 2010 Projection
Weather-base data
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Average Annual Precipitation
Average Annual Temperature
Data Layer Description Page: Ex. Hurricanes
Data Layer Description page: Ex. Metadata
Other THMP Pages
 User Resources
• Quick Start Tutorial
• Training
• Support Groups
• Presentations
 Links
• Reference Materials
• Other Maps & Data
• Real-Time Data
Using THMP Data
Outside of THMP Map Viewers
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Download (data layers)
• Shapefile (.shp)* format compatible with many
Geographic Information Systems
• ZIP file includes Metadata, user notes and other
valuable info
B.
Stream (data layers)
• Internet Server connection THMP-ArcGIS
Data Layer Description page: Ex. Download
Streaming THMP data from Map Viewers using ArcGIS:
Connecting to www.tnris.org
Streaming THMP data from Map Viewers using ArcGIS:
Population (County): 2010 Estimate
Texas Geographic Society
Phase 2 of the Grant
1. Enhancing and expanding www.thmp.info
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Adding information on other Hazards
Adding Population and Property Value vulnerability maps
2. Training
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Providing THMP and HAZUS courses around the state.
3. Coordination and Outreach
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Supporting key organizations
Working through related organizations
Building and Umbrella Group (HAMMER-TECH)
1. Enhancing and expanding www.thmp.info
A. Additional/Updated Hazards
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Coastal Erosion
Dam Failure
Flood Risk Zones
B. Adding Asset Vulnerability
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Population Vulnerability to Hazards
Property Value Vulnerability to Hazards
Additional Hazards: Coastal
Erosion
Gulf of Mexico
Overview: part of Texas coastline
Coastal Erosion
Zoom: Meters/Feet per year of erosion
Additional/Updated Hazards:
Flood Risk Zones: Completing statewide coverage
80 available Counties in THMP; 174 to go!
B. Asset Vulnerability:
Vulnerability = Exposure / Hazard Risk Zone
Vulnerable areas are displayed and classified by census geography
(Block or Census Tract) where Hazard Risk Zones intersect
Exposed Assets (Population, Property Value)
Hazard Risk Zone
Exposure
(ex. Population)
THMP Data Layers:
 Population Vulnerability (Total Pop, Total Pop Density)
 Property Value Vulnerability (Total Property Value, Total Property Value Density)
…for 5 Hazards [Hurricane, Floods, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Subsidence]
Population Vulnerability to Hurricanes
Corpus Christi Bay
Gulf of
Mexico
Overview: Corpus Christi area
Population Vulnerability to Hurricanes
Risk Zone 1
Risk Zone 2
Risk Zone 3
Several vulnerable areas; None-to-Low vulnerability in downtown area
Population Vulnerability to Floods
Overview: Austin area
Population Vulnerability to Floods
vulnerable area!
…may need further investigation
THMP to HAZUS
 THMP
Provides easy-to-use, online application (free) to:
 Identify historical hazard occurrences
• actual hazard event locations
• summarized by county
 Identify hazard risk areas
 Determine relative vulnerability (to population and property value)
 HAZUS
Provides a complex, desktop application (at a cost?) to:
 Quantify the impact of a specified hazard event
• Perform damage assessment and loss estimation analysis
…Study case may be identified in HAZUS, pre-determined by local
experts and related information or by vulnerable areas previously
determined in THMP
What is HAZUS-MH?
HAZUS-MH is a planning tool that estimates
damage and losses from natural hazards
 It is a planning tool, NOT an engineering tool
 Engineering-level data (i.e. Hydrology & Hydraulic studies for Flood
modeling) can be input to increase accuracy, but results still produce
planning-level estimations
 It estimates physical damage & economic losses
 It assesses population needs related to emergency
management
 It allows users to compare results from different study
case scenarios, including those that result from
specific mitigation actions (useful for benefits analysis)
HAZUS-MH: Technical Components
 Software: Custom GIS (geographic information system)
 Runs on ESRI products; ArcGIS and Spatial Analyst
• ESRI products must be acquired separately
 Spatial Analyst required for Flood Model only
• HAZUS-MH is free from FEMA <www.fema.gov/hazus>
 Current HAZUS-MH version (MR1) runs on ArcGIS 9.x
 Previous HAZUS-MH version runs on ArcGIS 8.x
 Data: National data sets
 Inventory of assets (buildings, infrastructure, population/demographics, etc.)
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Users may modify data sets or model factors
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Users may add their own data
Applications in Mitigation
Planning & Emergency
Management
Emergency
Preparedness
Response &
Recovery
HAZUS-MH
Loss
Reduction
(Mitigation)
Emergency Preparedness
 Develop emergency response plans
• Temporary housing
• Debris removal
• Emergency power and water
• Emergency medical services
• Evacuation/emergency route clearance
 Organize response exercises
Loss Reduction (Mitigation)
 Mitigation Assessment
• Identify ‘at-risk’ communities
 Mitigation Measures
• Strengthen existing structures
• Strengthen window/door openings and siding
 Mitigation Programs
• Adopt and enforce hazard-resistant building codes
• Land use planning
Response and Recovery
 Post-disaster damage assessment and groundtruthing
 Response planning for critical transportation
outages
 Identify critical infrastructure
 Recovery action planning
 Long-term economic recovery planning
HAZUS-MH:
Digital Elevation Model & Stream Generation
Ex. Travis County being prepared for Hydrologic and Hydraulic analysis
HAZUS-MH: Compute Hydrology & Hydraulics
Flood area polygon (100-yr return) & Flood depth grid
for selected stream
This is our Study Case; same area identified in THMP
HAZUS-MH: Analysis
Damage Assessment: (ex. Residential Buildings)
Number of Residential Buildings in each Census Block
(of Study Area) with 1 – 10% structural damage
HAZUS-MH:
Damage Assessment: (ex. Residential Buildings) Mapped
Although damage was light (1-10%) for most residential buildings,
many were impacted – particularly in one Census Block. The previous THMP
population vulnerability map indicated this potential
HAZUS-MH:
Analysis: ex. General Building Stock / Loss Estimate
Total economic loss can calculated for impacted area or single Census Block
The previously identified Block totals 10,530,000 economic loss
HAZUS-MH: Other Notes
• Results can be viewed & mapped many different ways
– Including running mitigation scenarios to compare results
• Inventory includes many different classifications of
general building stock (by occupancy, by building type),
essential facilities (several types), transportation systems
(several types), demographics and more…
• Local data and more sophisticated HAZUS techniques
enhance the analysis
FEMA Resources
• HAZUS-MH
Overview
• Resources
• Conference
Information
• FAQs
www.fema.gov/hazus
2. Training
Training courses in 2005, include:
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THMP
HAZUS-MH
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Custom & FEMA standardized
Intro to GIS for THMP & HAZUS Users
…Other FEMA-based courses (coming soon)
Methods of delivery include:
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Instructor-led, Computer-based training
Online Tutorials
Demonstrations / Presentations
Note: When appropriate, courses will coincide with other related conferences
and training programs
Texas Geographic Society
TRAINING PROGRAM
Instructor-led, Computer-based Training
for Hazard Mitigation & Emergency Managers
Professionals
Training
Options:
 THMP [www.thmp.info]
 Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP; pronounced “thump”) is an online mapping system from TXGS for
displaying historical hazard occurrences, identifying relative risk areas and assessing vulnerabilities to population
and property. THMP is also a geographic data distribution tool for other mapping/GIS systems.
 Course is designed to introduce all people to an easy-to-use, free application
 HAZUS
 HAZUS-MH is a custom GIS planning tool from FEMA used for damage assessment and loss estimation from real
or potential disasters Introductory and advanced courses focused on Flood and Hurricane modules ( *ArcGIS required)
 Intro to GIS [for THMP & HAZUS Users]
• ArcGIS 9.0 is a geographic information system (GIS) from ESRI used for a multitude of applications, including
hazard mitigation and emergency response
 Course is designed at an introductory level for THMP & HAZUS Users
The Texas Geographic Society is pleased to announce a new Training Program aimed at professionals that need to more
effectively mitigate, manage and respond to hazards using application-specific information and mapping technology. The
courses are intended to be free or provided at a minimal cost.
2005 Schedule
Texas GIS Forum (April)
Texas Hurricane Conference (May)
…Stay tuned for many new training workshops held at hazard-related venues (June – Dec)
For more information or registration, please contact the Texas Geographic Society at: contactTXGS@texasgs.org or 512-912-9695.
Texas Geographic Society
Executive Director
Roddy Seekins
512-507-8515
roddy@texasgs.org
Education Coordinator
Craig Eissler
512-912-9695
craig@texasgs.org
Technical Support (at TNRIS)
Miguel Pavón
512-463-8399
miguel.pavon@twdb.state.tx.us