The USFIMR project commenced in August 2016 with funding from NOAA. The project’s main goal is to provide high-resolution inundation extent maps of past U.S. flood events to be used by scientists and practitioners for model calibration and flood susceptibility evaluation. The maps are based on analysis of Remote Sensing imagery from a number of Satellite sensors (e.g. Landsat, Sentinel-1) with some ground proofing based on secondary sources (e.g. news reports, social media). The maps are accessible via the online map repository below. The repository is actively updated with new maps added on a weekly basis.
For information, requests and data contribution contact the project PI: Dr. Sagy Cohen (sagy.cohen@ua.edu) or Lead Developers: Dinuke Munasinghe and Austin Raney
(formerly Bradford Bates and James Misfeldt ).
Flood inundation maps are found via the search box and listed in the table below.
Flood layer properties and download links* will be listed once a layer is selected by clicking on its polygon within the map.
*Download links will not work when using Safari web browser
The dataset can also be accessed directly via ArcGIS Online or through the SDML Datasets Portal.
Download the entire USFIMR in Shapefile format.
Sortable list of flood events available at the repository
| River Name | State | Year | Date | Platform | Mapped Inundation Area (sq km) | Source* | Shapefile Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Jacinto | Texas | 2016 | May 30 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 94.7 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05302016_San_Jacinto_River_at_Porter_TX.zip" label="Download" color="light"] |
| Brazos (near Hempstead) | Texas | 2016 | May 28 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 48.7 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05282016_Brazos_River_near_Hempstead_TX.zip" label="Download" color="light"] |
| Brazos (near Richmond) | Texas | 2016 | May 30 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 214.9 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05302016_Brazos_River_at_Richmond_TX.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Maquoketa | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 59.5 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Maquoketa_River_at_Manchester_IA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Cedar | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 233.1 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Cedar_River_at_Vinton_IA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Wapsipinicon | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 154.8 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Wapsipinicon_River_at_Independence_IA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Mississippi | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 533.33 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Mississippi_River_at_Clinton_IA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Washita | Oklahoma | 2015 | May 29 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 43.9 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Oklahoma/05292015_Washita_River_at_Anadarko_OK.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Iowa | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 136.4 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Iowa_River_at_Belle_Plaine_IA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Lumber & Little Pee Dee | N/S Carolina | 2016 | Oct 13 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 587.1 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10132016_Lumber_River_at_Lumberton_NC.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Black (SC) | S Carolina | 2016 | Oct 13 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 253.9 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10132016_Black_River_at_Kingstree_SC.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Willow Creek | Texas | 2016 | May 28 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 15.7 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05282016_Willow_Creek_near_Tomball_TX.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Spring Creek | Texas | 2016 | May 28 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 57.1 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05282016_Spring_Creek_near_Tomball_TX.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Choctawhatchee River | Alabama/Florida | 2016 | Jan 4 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 562.9 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Florida/01042016_Choctawhatchee_River_near_Bellwood_AL.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Pea River | Alabama | 2016 | Jan 4 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 61 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Alabama/01042016_Pea_River_near_Samson_AL.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Holmes Creek | Florida | 2016 | Jan 4 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 27.1 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Florida/01042016_Holmes_Creek_at_Vernon_FL.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Mississippi River | Missouri | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 68.6 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05042017_Mississippi_River_at_Thebes_IL.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Castor River | Missouri | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 44.9 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05042017_Castor_River_at_Zalma_MO.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| St Francis River | Missouri | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 32.9 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05042017_StFrancis_River_at_Wappapello_MO.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Black River (AR) | Arkansas | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 269.9 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Arkansas/05042017_Black_River_near_Corning_AR.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Mississippi River | Missouri | 2017 | May 10 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 1131.5 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05102017_Mississippi_River_at_Thebes_IL.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Pascagoula River | Mississippi | 2011 | March 17 | 30m Landsat 7 ETM+ | 807.0 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Mississippi/03172011_Pascagoula_River_at_Merrill_MS.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Black River (AR) | Arkansas | 2017 | May 10 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 506.1 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Arkansas/05102017_Black_River_near_Pocahontas_AR.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Cache River | Arkansas | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 91.9 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Arkansas/05042017_Cache_River_at_Egypt_AR.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Sacramento Valley | California | 2017 | February 22 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 2721.5 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/California/02222017_Sacramento_River_below_Wilkins_Slough_CA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Mississippi River | Missouri | 2011 | May 10 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 6618.3 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05102011_Mississippi_River_at_Thebes_IL.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Canadian River | Oklahoma | 2016 | September 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 41.1 | DFO | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Oklahoma/06172015_Canadian_River_at_Norman_OK.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Tar River | North Carolina | 2016 | October 15 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 485.7 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10152016_Tar_River_at_Greenville_NC.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Ashley River | South Carolina | 2016 | October 13 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 241.2 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10132016_Ashley_River_near_North_Charleston_SC.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Neuse River | North Carolina | 2016 | October 15 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 960.9 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10152016_Neuse_River_near_Fort_Barnwell_NC.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Cooper River | South Carolina | 2016 | October 13 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 399.3 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10132016_Cooper_River_at_Moncks_Corner_SC.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Wisconsin River | Wisconsin | 2010 | September 26 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 329.0 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Wisconsin/09262010_Wisconsin_River_at_Merrill_WI.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Trempeableau River | Wisconsin | 2010 | September 26 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 52.5 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Wisconsin/09262010_Trempealeau_River_at_Dodge_WI.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Jamuna River | Bangladesh | 2017 | July 14 | 10m Sentinel-2 | 3118.0 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Bangladesh/07142017_Jamuna_River.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Minnesota River | Minnesota | 2010 | October 1 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 261.9 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Minnesota/10012010_Minnesota_River_at_Morton_MN.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Mississippi River | Minnesota | 2010 | October 3 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 783.1 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Minnesota/10032010_Mississippi_River_at_Winona_MN.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Nottoway River | Virginia | 2004 | October 5 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 259.1 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Virginia/10052004_Nottoway_River_near_Sebrell_VA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Nottoway River | Virginia | 2008 | September 18 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 199.2 | SDML | |
| Red River | North Dakota | 1997 | April 18 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 2124.0 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/North_Dakota/04181997_Red_River_at_Grand_Forks_ND.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Nottoway River | Virginia | 2011 | September 14 | 30m Landsat 7 ETM+ | 183.0 | SDML | |
| Nottoway River | Virginia | 1996 | September 13 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 150.6 | SDML | |
| Nottoway River | Virginia | 2006 | September 9 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 162.8 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Virginia/09092006_Nottoway_River_near_Sebrell_VA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Nottoway River | Virginia | 2004 | September 19 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 328.8 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Virginia/09192004_Nottoway_River_near_Sebrell_VA.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Bray's Bayou | Texas | 2008 | September 15 | 0.5m WorldView-1 | 0.9 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/09152008_Brays_Bayou_at_Houston_TX.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
| Redwood River | Minnesota | 2010 | October 1 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 74.5 | SDML | [ua_buttons url="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Minnesota/10012010_Redwood_River_near_Redwood_Falls_MN.zip" label=Download color="light"] |
* SDML – Surface Dynamics Modeling Lab; DFO – Dartmouth Flood Observatory
“This dataset was developed by the Surface Dynamics Modeling Lab (PI: Sagy Cohen) under a Subaward with the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) under Cooperative Agreement No. Z16-23487 with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). The statements, findings, conclusions, and recommendations are those of the PI and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA, DOC or UCAR.”
