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Geospatial data on ecological functions and flood-related risks to people on major river floodplains in the Puget Sound basin, Washington

Summary

Ecological functions and flood-related risks to people on major river floodplains in the Puget Sound basin, Washington were assessed using publicly available geospatial data. A full description of the assessment can be found in: Konrad, C.P., 2015, Geospatial assessment of ecological functions and flood-related risks on floodplains along major rivers in the Puget Sound Basin, US Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2015-5033, http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20155033. The assessment products, which are available here as ArcGIS grids and shape files, are primarily categorical where categories represent possible differences in ecological functions and risks to people on floodplains based on land cover and connectivity to rivers. [...]

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hazards.zip
“Flood-related hazards on major river floodplains”
9.95 MB application/zip
exposure.zip
“Human exposure to flood-related hazards on major river floodplains”
4.22 MB application/zip
fpu_attributes_and_indices.zip
“Attributes and indices of ecosystem function and human risk for floodplain units”
3.37 MB application/zip
ecological_functions.zip
“Primary ecological functions on major river floodplains”
73.94 MB application/zip
ecological_functions_secondary.zip
“Secondary ecological functions on major river floodplains”
95.81 MB application/zip
riv.zip
“River areas delineated from land surface elevation relative to river elevation”
30.94 MB application/zip
fp_high.zip
“High floodplain delineated from land elevation relative to river elevation”
4.65 MB application/zip
fp_low.zip
“Low floodplain delineated from land elevation relative to river elevation”
6.08 MB application/zip

Purpose

Floodplains are both ecologically and culturally significant in the Puget Sound basin, Washington. These data can be used in a geographic information system to inform floodplain management about opportunities to protect and recover ecological functions and to reduce flood-related risks to people. These data are not intended to be used for site-specific evaluation or project design.

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This GIS data set has been approved for release and publication by the Director of the USGS. Although this database has been subjected to rigorous review and is substantially complete, the USGS reserves the right to revise the data pursuant to further analysis and review. Furthermore, it is released on condition that neither the USGS nor the United States Government may be held liable for any damages resulting from its authorized or unauthorized use.

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