Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
Maps
Maps
Here you will find maps created by Lower Mississippi-Gulf scientists that lend visual identity to our data. The maps you find in this section were devised by our scientists using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) that help us interpret the data through spatial and geographic imagery.
Communicating Coastal Vulnerability via Landscape Visualization
Story map describing the process for leveraging LIDAR, building footprints, and sea level rise data to investigate coastal vulnerability.
Shreveport Area—Caddo and Bossier Parishes Flood Map
Shreveport Area—Caddo and Bossier Parishes Flood Map
Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, Slidell, Louisiana
River and Coastal Forecast Information
Lower Mississippi River Forecast Center, Slidell, Louisiana—(NWS)
Alabama Active Water Level Network
Alabama Counties depicted on the state location map with active wells
Alabama Climate Response Network
Network wells depicted on the Climate Response Network location map
Note: Color shading in the table below indicates multiple wells that plot as a single point on the state location map above.
Note: BLS = Water Level in Feet Below Land Surface, RVD = Water Level referenced to a vertical datum
Mobile River Basin Study
The Mobile River Basin in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee is one of the 59 study units that are part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program.
Hurricane Season—LMGWSC has the Louisiana Coast Covered
June 1 marks the beginning of hurricane season. Should storms arrive on the Louisiana coast, the people in coastal communities across the State, along with many Federal, State, and local agencies will need to know how the storms are affecting the coastal and low-lying areas.The USGS maintains an extensive network of coastal gages that provides critical time-sensitive water level.
Buffalo National River Services and River Level Guide
Real-time displays of current floating conditions at various sites along the Arkansas Buffalo River.
MERAS framework
Subsurface geometry of the Mississippi Embayment Regional Aquifer Study (MERAS)