201208 Hurricane Isaac US Data Sources
Geospatial Information and Remotely Sensed Imagery Products
September 10, 2012 PM
Hazards Data Distribution System (HDDS)
http://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2/
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Select Event: “201202_Hurricane_Isaac”  click on “ “and then “Search”
Pre-event available
To view pre-event aerial holdings check ”Include baseline data?” “Search” and then select
dataset from dropdown list under “201208_Hurricane_Isaac”
Civil Air Patrol Imagery
LA_ISAAC_20120901
201208_Hurricane_Isaac_CAP_AERIAL_2012-Day_20120902_LA
https://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2/search-results?batch=201208_Hurricane_Isaac_CAP_AERIAL_2012-09-02-1
MS CAP Imagery20120902
https://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2/search-results?batch=201208_Hurricane_Isaac_CAP_AERIAL_2012-09-02
MS CAP Imagery 201208_Hurricane_Isaac_CAP_AERIAL_MS_ISAAC_20120901
NOAA Aerial Imagery
https://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2/pub/data/disaster/201208_Hurricane_Isaac/data/AERIAL_NOAA
EO-1
Acquired August 31, 2012
Acquired August 31, 2012
Landsat-7
August 23, 2012
HDDS Restricted
Self Register for HDDS Restricted. http://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2
If you have not registered on either EarthExplorer or HDDS, click the register button in
the top right corner of the screen and go thru the registration process. Once registered,
you will have access to EarthExplorer and HDDS download capabilities.
To sign up for the event access - go to http://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2
go to the login button in the upper right corner of the screen
enter your usercode and password
Click on fill out an access request form
select 201202_Hurricane_Isaac
fill in the comment box and submit
Questions on HDDS Contact: Rynn Lamb lamb@usgs.gov or Brenda Jones bkjones@usgs.gov
COMO-SKYMED COSMO-4
https://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2/disaster_restricted/201208_Hurricane_Isaac/data/COSMO_ASI
COMO-SKYMED COSMO-2
HDDS Restricted Spot 5:
https://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2/disaster_restricted/201208_Hurricane_Isaac/data/SPOT_DOD
HDDS Restricted Spot 4 Acquired September 9, 2012:
END HDDS
Spot Day Buy Found on Earth Explorer;
In addition to event specific imagery posted on HDDS, additional SPOT 4 and 5
imagery both pre and post-event. http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/
To see Spot data buy imagery, you must first login.
SPOT 4
SPOT 5
Spot 4 and Spot 5
licensed users
World View 2 from Earth Explorer Acquired September 3, 2012
NOAA (1 foot 3 bands will be loaded to HDDS)
http://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/isaac/
Also viewable at Google's Crisis Map:
http://google.org/crisismap/2012-tropical-system-isaac
Activate NOAA Isaac Response Imagery (2012-08-31)
GIS Data and Information:
FEMA ArcGIS Online
http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/
Isaac Viewer:
http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=59f753ab74a842c0beae0c5a3b3faa93
Web Mapping Application
http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/apps/OnePane/azuretwitter/index.html?appid=e83387fbe76c465a8fcb68
FEMA Region 10 and Region 4 GIS Leads have launched new FEMA Web Application in FEMA’s
GeoPortal. This app will provide users with enhanced mapping capabilities and improved user
experience. The application is based on the Hurricane Isaac WebMap and can be viewed from
here:
http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=9bb274a07425424098e64a89993e9fe6
Hurricane Isaac Twitter App
http://fema.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=e83387fbe76c465a8fcb685041d48439
Public Maps Gallery from ArcGIS Online
http://bit.ly/Oun5CQ
http://bit.ly/NianMH
To request membership: http://www.arcgis.com/home/group.html?owner=PDohertyDRP&title=2012%20Hurricanes
ESRI Hurricanes & Cyclones
http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/hurricanes/latest-news-map.html
USGS
Isaac information (Links to Surge Sensors)
http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/isaac/?from=title
REST services: http://50.17.205.92/ArcGIS/rest/services/USGS_hurricane_isaac_data/MapServer
Web mapping application showing the real-time and sensor deployment
http://water.usgs.gov/floods/events/2012/isaac/
USGS crews from several states in the Southeast have deployed about 170 sensors to
record storm surge along the coast of LA, MS, and AL. Most of the information will not be
available until the sensors are recovered and processed a few days after the storm. The
effort will provide valuable data for future storm surge modeling and prediction. The
character of the Hurricane Isaac storm surge can be monitored at this site near the west
end of the Mississippi Sound.
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ms/nwis/uv?site_no=301104089253400
In addition to the magnitude of the wind-driven water level increase the viewer can observe
a significant increase in specific conductance which is evidence that the source of the water
is the open Gulf, where specific conductance values are typically above 40000, rather than
local runoff.
This effort is in support of FEMAs mission in addition to the USGS Hazard and Water
Missions. A WWW page is available, the URL is:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ms/nwis/uv?site_no=301104089253400
USGS Isaac Storm Tide Mapper:
http://50.17.205.92/Apps/IsaacStormSurgeMapper/IsaacStormSurgeMapper.html#
HSIN
Federal Operations, Emergency Management, Mississippi areas created for Issac
https://government.hsin.gov/
NOAA
NOAA National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/#ISAAC
NOAA National Weather Service (NWS)
 NWS National Hazards Map: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/largemap.php
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NWS SPC Current Convective Watches:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/watch/
NWS HPC Excessive Rainfall Forecasts:
http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/qpf/excess_rain.shtml
o GIS Data: http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/html/about_gis.shtml
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NWS Storm Prediction Center Storm Reports:
http://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/
Intelink (U.S. Government Only)
 US Hurricanes 2012, has been established within the NGA Pentagon Homepage at the
following link on SBU:
https://www.intelink.gov/nimagoldweb/nstp/admin/crisis/index.cfm?cn=25
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Flooded area shapefiles have been loaded:
https://www.intelink.gov/wiki/Hurricane_Isaac_2012
GeoInt-Online (U.S. Government Only)
Products being posted
https://geoint-online.nga.mil/
Delta State University
Talbot Brooks has a team standing up at Delta State to support State production mapping
tasks or handle large processing tasks using their server farm. Subramanian Swaminathan
will be the primary contact there at 662-402-6299. Available Products:
 USNG-based atlases ready at: http://gis.deltastate.edu
 LIDAR, imagery, and other data sets: http://mississippi.deltastate.edu
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FLEX front end on newer products: http://greatriver.deltastate.edu/IreneUSNG/index.html
HIFLD Working Group
HSIP Gold GIS data is available to states that have a Presidentially Declared Disaster (Texas,
LA, Miss) www.hifldwg.org
The HSIP Gold database is assembled by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(NGA) in partnership with the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD)
Working Group. It is a compilation of approximately 475 of the best available geospatially
enabled baseline infrastructure data sets for all 18 Critical Infrastructure Key Resource
Sectors assembled from federal, state, local government and private sector mission
partners.
POC: ouimet_michael@bah.com , hsip_team@nga.mil , tisdale_brian@bah.com ,
George.J.Thomas@nga.mil , Brett.J.Cullen@nga.mil
HSIP Freedom
The HSIP Freedom dataset is available to federal, state, local, tribal, and private sector
contractors supporting HD, HLS and NP-PPMR&R missions. HSIP Freedom is a compilation of
approximately 263 of the HSIP Gold layers available for download through the Homeland
Security Information Network (HSIN) Geospatial Information System (GIS) Community
of Interest (COI), which can be accessed at https://government.hsin.gov. To gain access to
HSIP Freedom through HSIN, send an email to HSIN.helpdesk@dhs.gov with your: Name;
Official Email Address; Organization; Phone Number; Supervisor’s Name; Community of
Interest (i.e. Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), Emergency Management).
More information about HSIN can be found at: www.dhs.gov/HSIN. Learn more about HSIP
or contact HIFLD at: www.hifldwg.org
If you are a qualified user, you can also download the HSIP Freedom data from HDDS:
http://hdds.usgs.gov/hdds2
Login
Select 2012_HSIP_Freedom in the event dropdown list
Click on the “ad-hoc button” and “search button”
On the search results page click on “restricted ad-hoc” tab
(the first time in, you need to complete access request form and wait for email notification
that you have been granted access)
Click on “data”
The directory structure will show up on the right side of the screen. Select data to
download.
GIS Services:
 FEMA Services
 FEMA NSS that is publically available. GIS rest endpoint:
http://gis.fema.gov/REST/services/NSS/FEMA_NSS/MapServer
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Road Closures: The LA and AL DOT road closures feeds have been automated
to update every 20 minutes and published to the GIS DMZ.
http://gis.fema.gov/REST/services/FEMA/RoadClosures/MapServer
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Power Outage Mapping:
http://gis.fema.gov/REST/services/FEMA/PowerOutages/MapServer
Wind
o Wind Projections/Analysis: http://arcgis-femaocd-494925365.us-east1.elb.amazonaws.com/arcgis/rest/services/HurricaneIsaac/Isaac_2012_Wind_Analysis/
MapServer
o Tropical Storm Force Winds Probabilities:
https://arcgis.vdem.virginia.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/Weather/TropicalWindProbs34kt/
MapServer
o Current NOAA METAR Wind Speed and Direction National Mosaic:
http://tm2-elb-1378978824.us-east1.elb.amazonaws.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/LiveFeeds/NOAA_METAR_current_wind_speed_direction/MapServer
o
Wind analysis for Advisory 27 have been updated on the FEMA GeoPortal. In
addition, Hazus wind analysis shapefiles have been uploaded to the DRT_IN
PUBLIC\DRT_IN\2012\Isaac\Shapefiles\Adv27).
http://arcgis-femaocd-494925365.us-east1.elb.amazonaws.com/arcgis/rest/services/HurricaneIsaac/Isaac_2012_Wind_Analysis/MapS
erver
o
ORNL WindSwath Download
https://pas.ornl.gov/geoserver/hurricane/ows?service=WFS&version=1.0.0&request=GetFeature&typeNa
me=hurricane:Isaac25_2012_SA_customers_Subs_locations_WindSwath&maxFeatures=50&outputForma
t=SHAPE-ZIP
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USGS ISAAC Web Services
 USGS_hurricane_isaac_data (0)
o storm_tide (1)
o rapid_deployment_streamgage (2)
o wave_height (3)
o barometric_pressure (4)
o Tidal gages (5)
o meteorological (6)
 USGS_hurricane_isaac_high_water_marks (7)
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Hurricane Isaac Storm Track
http://mimir.lsu.edu/maps/rest/services/Tropical_Cyclones/TC_isaac_2012/MapS
erver
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RIDGE Radar National Mosaic – Static:
http://atlas.resources.ca.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/Atmosphere_Climate/RIDGE_Precip_Radar/Map
Server
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Current NOAA METAR Wind Speed and Directions (National Mosaic):
http://tm2-elb-1378978824.us-east1.elb.amazonaws.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/LiveFeeds/NOAA_METAR_current_wind_speed_directio
n/MapServer
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USNG Overlay:
http://maps1.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/NGA_US_National_Grid/MapServer
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Wind Projections/Analysis:
http://arcgis-femaocd-494925365.us-east1.elb.amazonaws.com/arcgis/rest/services/HurricaneIsaac/Isaac_2012_Wind_Analysis/MapServer
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Tropical Storm Force Wind Probabilities:
https://arcgis.vdem.virginia.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/Weather/TropicalWindProbs34kt/MapServer
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NOAA METAR current wind speed and direction:
http://tm2-elb-1378978824.us-east1.elb.amazonaws.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/LiveFeeds/NOAA_METAR_current_wind_speed_directio
n/MapServer
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Coastal Flood:
http://arcgis-femaocd-494925365.us-east1.elb.amazonaws.com/arcgis/rest/services/R4_CFLA/R4_Coastal_Flood_Loss_V3/MapServer
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GOES Visible Image:
http://nowcoast.noaa.gov/wms/com.esri.wms.Esrimap/obs
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Hurricane Active:
http://tm2-elb-1378978824.us-east1.elb.amazonaws.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/LiveFeeds/Hurricane_Active/MapServer
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Hurricane Evacuation Routes:
http://gis.fema.gov/REST/services/FEMA/EvacRoutes/MapServer
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Open Shelters:
http://gis.fema.gov/REST/services/NSS/OpenShelters/MapServer
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FEMA 100-Year Flood Zones in the USA:
http://maps3.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/A-16/FEMA_100Year_Flood_Zones_in_the_USA/MapServer
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Oceans:
http://services.arcgisonline.com/ArcGIS/rest/services/Ocean_Basemap/Ma
pServer
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Tangipahoa Map:
http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=492d3deb966f41688d
44d4b26b72ea41&extent=‐90.9348,30.2811,‐89.512,31.2957
Census: OnTheMap for Emergency Management! Access detailed U.S. Census Bureau
Demographics affected by disasters Viewer
http://onthemap.ces.census.gov/em.html
Other Services:
Ushahidi
The Faster than Disaster site, supported by Ushahidi has been activated by the State of
Mississippi: http://isaac.fasterthandisaster.org
Instagram Isaac damage photos (random):
http://www.cs.colorado.edu/~starbird/TtT_for_Hurricanes.csv
State Links
Alabama
Road Closures/ Traffic and Traffic Cameras
http://alitsweb.dot.state.al.us/its/
Virtual Alabama: Alabama county imagery is being loaded into Virtual Alabama.
https://virtual.alabama.gov/
Louisiana
Road Closures/ Traffic and Traffic Cameras
http://hb.511la.org/main.jsf
Contraflow New Orleans
http://www.dotd.la.gov/maps/Web_ContraFlow2.jpg
LA DOT web application and ArcGIS Server services, USGS and USACE gauges in Louisiana.
http://gis.dotd.la.gov/Maps/Hydrowatch.aspx
Mississippi
DOT Traffic Maps (pan out and they have feed of national routes open‐close‐limited
flow)
http://www.mdottraffic.com/
Evacuation Routes
http://www.gomdot.com/divisions/intermodalplanning/Resources/Maps/pdf/Hurrica
neEvacRoutes.pdf
Planned Aster Coverage:
Planned Post Event Products:
US Forest Service: Will be performing vegetation change detection after storm on
disaster sites using 250 meter MODIS data. Results will be posted to HDDS.
Pre-Event Imagery
Collection for New Orleans: March 2012, 1-foot resolution natural color aerial imagery,
public domain (graphic below). On HDDS, this dataset is under Pre-Event/Baseline on HDDS
and is listed as BL_LA_201203_new_orleans_la_30cm
BP
BP sponsored aerial collection made for pre-landfall, shoreline imagery along the Gulf Coast.
These will be made available on HDDS.
Reference: http://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=2a2a8230b7c44b92999b1b00e925f67b
Pre-Event NAIP for GULF STATES:
All of the Gulf States other than AL were flown in 2010. Alabama was flown on
2011.
The most recent year of NAIP Imagery is available on an ArcGIS server. The state based services
can be added into ArcGIS Desktop by adding http://gis.apfo.usda.gov/arcgis/services to the Add
ArcGIS Server connection. This is a public imagery service available after all current year NAIP
imagery for that state has been received, generally, several months after acquisition.
Compressed County Mosaics (Mr. Sid) for the Gulf States are available for free download
through the USDA Geospatial Data Gateway, http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/.
MISSISSIPPI: (NAIP 2012)
NAIP for Mississippi is in-work however; the coastal areas have not been
flown.
2012 NAIP for TEXAS:
All of the coastal counties in Texas have been flown in 2012. Only the
counties below are available for download on
http://datagateway.nrcs.usda.gov/
National Map
1 foot imagery from various dates is available from the National Map:
http://raster.nationalmap.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services/TNM_Large_Scale_Imagery_Overlay/MapServer
See also all National Map Services: http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/example/services.html
Send comments, additions, and corrections to:
Glenn Bethel, USDA Remote Sensing Advisor
glenn.bethel@usda.gov
(202)720-1280