No Levee (Altered) Inundation Metrics for the Middle Mississippi River

Start Date

1936-01-01

End Date

2015-12-31

Publication Date

2020-12-28

Bulliner, E.A., Lindner, G.A., Remo, J., Jacobson, R.B., and Paukert, C.P., 2020, Science to inform management of floodplain conservation lands on the Middle Mississippi River: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9AQ364R.

This dataset was developed to quantify timing, extent, depth, and duration of inundation for floodplains on the Middle Mississippi River, and to assess relative potential for ecological restoration with a variety of biological endpoints. We developed a suite of metrics which characterize inundation timing and extent that will be useful to floodplain managers in for planning restoration efforts. We developed this layer to provide a base elevation from which to calculate inundation depths. This dataset is derived from multiple LIDAR and bathymetric surveys from a variety of state and federal agencies across several states. This set of raster data describes a modeling scenario in which existing levees along the Middle Mississippi River were removed to allow increased floodplain connectivity in the 1-dimensional HEC-RAS simulation.

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