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Acquisition and Publishing of Lidar for Hurricanes and Wildfires

By Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Recovery Activities

Light detection and ranging (lidar)-based digital elevation models (DEMs) provide critical data used to develop flood and wildfire risk maps.

Highlights:

  • USGS will collect and process high-resolution elevation (lidar) data at priority hurricane-impacted (Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Puerto Rico) and wildfire-impacted (California) locations.
  • Data will be used in landslide/debris flow and coastal impact assessments in support of Federal, Stake, and local recovery assessments.

 

Post-fire Lidar
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Post-fire Lidar