Field Activity Details for field activity 2023-670-FA

AKA: none

Other ID: YK Delta Water Levels; Coastal flood staff installations

Status: Pending

Organization(s): USGS, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Alaska Department of Natural Resources

Funding Program(s): Climate Change Impacts to the U.S. Pacific and Arctic Coasts (ZP00F00), Alaska Coastal Processes and Hazards (ZP00TMU)

Principal Investigator(s): Richard Buzard

Affiliate Investigator(s): Nora Nieminski, KC Horen

Information Specialist(s): Richard Buzard

Data Type(s): Location-Elevation: Navigation

Scientific Purpose/Goals: To install flood staffs surveyed to MHHW datum and provide signage indicating historical high water elevations in Alaska communities. This supports collaborative documentation of flood elevations to improve flood models and development planning. More information about this work is available at: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/alaska-flood-staffs

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Start Port/Location: Vancouver, WA

End Port/Location: Vancouver, WA

Start Date: 2023-10-14

End Date: 2023-10-20

Equipment Used: RTK GPS, Handheld GPS

Information to be Derived: Impacts of flooding and preparedness for future floods. Qualitative information to share with the National Weather Service to improve forecasting efforts. Calibrated flood elevation observations.

Summary of Activity and Data Gathered: Flood staffs are surveyed to orthometric and MHHW datum elevation if available. Signage indicating historical high-water events were added to the staffs, if available.

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Notes: No data collected under this FAN.

Location:

Bethel, Napakiak, Kwigillingok, and Kipnuk, AK

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