GloFIMR is an extension of the USFIMR project that commenced in August 2016 with funding from NOAA. The project’s main goal is to provide high-resolution inundation extent maps of 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, Sentinel-2). The maps are accessible via the online map repository below. The repository is under development and new maps are added upon request.
For information, requests and data contribution contact the project PI: Dr. Sagy Cohen (sagy.cohen@ua.edu) or Lead Developer: Dinuke Munasinghe dsnanayakkaramunasinghe@crimson.ua.edu (formerly Bradford Bates and James Misfeldt).
Flood inundation maps are listed on the map side panel 
and at the table below.
Flood layer properties and download links* will be listed once a layer is selected from the side panel or the map.
* Download links will not work when using ‘Safari’ web browser
The dataset can also be accessed directly via Google Maps or through the SDML Datasets Portal.
Download the entire dataset in Shapefile format.
NOTE: Rendering of the flood inundation layers at the Google Maps display is at a considerably lower spatial resolution than the actual (shapefile) layers.
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 | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05302016_San_Jacinto_River_at_Porter_TX.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Brazos (near Hempstead) | Texas | 2016 | May 28 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 48.7 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05282016_Brazos_River_near_Hempstead_TX.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Brazos (near Richmond) | Texas | 2016 | May 30 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 214.9 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05302016_Brazos_River_at_Richmond_TX.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Maquoketa | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 59.5 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Maquoketa_River_at_Manchester_IA.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Cedar | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 233.1 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Cedar_River_at_Vinton_IA.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Wapsipinicon | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 154.8 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Wapsipinicon_River_at_Independence_IA.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Mississippi | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 446.1 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Mississippi_River_at_Clinton_IA.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Washita | Oklahoma | 2015 | May 29 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 43.9 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Oklahoma/05292015_Washita_River_at_Anadarko_OK.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Iowa | Iowa | 2016 | Sep 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 136.4 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Iowa/09262016_Iowa_River_at_Belle_Plaine_IA.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Lumber & Little Pee Dee | N/S Carolina | 2016 | Oct 13 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 587.1 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10132016_Lumber_River_at_Lumberton_NC.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Black (SC) | S Carolina | 2016 | Oct 13 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 253.9 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10132016_Black_River_at_Kingstree_SC.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Willow Creek | Texas | 2016 | May 28 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 15.7 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05282016_Willow_Creek_near_Tomball_TX.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Spring Creek | Texas | 2016 | May 28 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 57.1 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/05282016_Spring_Creek_near_Tomball_TX.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Choctawhatchee River | Alabama/Florida | 2016 | Jan 4 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 562.9 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Florida/01042016_Choctawhatchee_River_near_Bellwood_AL.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Pea River | Alabama | 2016 | Jan 4 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 61 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Alabama/01042016_Pea_River_near_Samson_AL.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Holmes Creek | Florida | 2016 | Jan 4 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 27.1 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Florida/01042016_Holmes_Creek_at_Vernon_FL.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Mississippi River | Missouri | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 68.4 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05042017_Mississippi_River_at_Thebes_IL.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Castor River | Missouri | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 44.9 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05042017_Castor_River_at_Zalma_MO.zip"]Download[/button] |
| St Francis River | Missouri | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 32.9 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05042017_StFrancis_River_at_Wappapello_MO.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Black River (AR) | Arkansas | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 269.8 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Arkansas/05042017_Black_River_near_Corning_AR.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Mississippi River | Missouri | 2017 | May 10 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 1129.6 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05102017_Mississippi_River_at_Thebes_IL.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Pascagoula River | Mississippi | 2011 | March 17 | 30m Landsat 7 ETM+ | 804.2 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Mississippi/03172011_Pascagoula_River_at_Merrill_MS.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Black River (AR) | Arkansas | 2017 | May 10 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 506.0 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Arkansas/05102017_Black_River_near_Pocahontas_AR.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Cache River | Arkansas | 2017 | May 4 | 10m Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) | 91.8 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Arkansas/05042017_Cache_River_at_Egypt_AR.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Sacramento Valley | California | 2017 | February 22 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 2341.4 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/California/02222017_Sacramento_River_below_Wilkins_Slough_CA.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Mississippi River | Tennessee | 2011 | May 10 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 6612.5 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Missouri/05102011_Mississippi_River_at_Thebes_IL.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Canadian River | Oklahoma | 2016 | September 26 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 40.4 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Oklahoma/06172015_Canadian_River_at_Norman_OK.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Tar River | North Carolina | 2016 | October 15 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 485.8 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10152016_Tar_River_at_Greenville_NC.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Ashley River | South Carolina | 2016 | October 13 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 239.9 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10132016_Ashley_River_near_North_Charleston_SC.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Neuse River | North Carolina | 2016 | October 15 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 281.4 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10152016_Neuse_River_near_Fort_Barnwell_NC.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Cooper River | South Carolina | 2016 | October 13 | 30m Landsat 8 OLI | 395.5 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Carolinas/10132016_Cooper_River_at_Monks_Corner_SC.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Wisconsin River | Wisconsin | 2010 | September 26 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 328.7 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Wisconsin/09262010_Wisconsin_River_at_Merrill_WI.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Trempeableau River | Wisconsin | 2010 | September 26 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 37.8 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Wisconsin/09262010_Trempealeau_River_at_Dodge_WI.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Jamuna River | Bangladesh | 2017 | July 14 | 10m Sentinel-2 | 3118.0 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Bangladesh/07142017_Jamuna_River.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Minnesota River | Minnesota | 2010 | October 1 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 261.9 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Minnesota/10012010_Minnesota_River_at_Morton_MN.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Mississippi River | Minnesota | 2010 | October 3 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 783.6 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Minnesota/10032010_Mississippi_River_at_Winona_MN.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Red River | North Dakota | 1997 | April 18 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 2121.2 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/North_Dakota/04181997_Red_River_at_Grand_Forks_ND.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Rio Grande River | Texas | 2010 | September 25 | 30m Landsat 7 ETM+ | 952.9 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/25092010_Rio_Grande_River_Valley_at_Brownsville_TX.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Redwood River | Minnesota | 2010 | October 1 | 30m Landsat 5 TM | 55.2 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Minnesota/10012010_Redwood_River_near_Redwood_Falls_MN.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Rio Grande River | Texas | 2010 | July 14 | 30m Landsat 7 ETM+ | 1106.0 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/14072010_Rio_Grande_River_at_Brownsville_TX.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Rio Grande River | Texas | 2010 | July 23 | 30m Landsat 7 ETM+ | 378.2 | SDML | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Texas/23072010_Rio_Grande_River_Valley_at_Brownsville_TX.zip"]Download[/button] |
| Mississippi River | Louissiana | 2016 | August 16 | Earth Observing 1 - ALI | 96.8 | DFO | [button link="ftp://guest:guest@sdml-server.ua.edu/USFIMR/Louisiana/08162016_Mississippi_River_at_Baton_Rouge_LA.zip"]Download[/button] |
* SDML – Surface Dynamics Modeling Lab; DFO – Dartmouth Flood Observatory