Central HAZUS User Group (CHUG)

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Kevin Mickey
Director, Professional Education and Outreach
The Polis Center
Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
1200 Waterway Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46202
p: 317.278.2582
f: 317.278.1830
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Jonathan Sorg, CFM
Environmental Specialist
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Division of Water
Flood Management Program
2045 Morse Road
Columbus, OH 43229
Phone: 614-265-6780
Fax: 614-265-6767
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HUG Projects

HAZUS User Groups are using the HAZUS methodology in many applications within their region. If you know of a project in this region please let us know. The value of HAZUS and USEHAZUS relates directly to the amount of information we can share.

Illinois

Capitalizing on the expertise of the Department of Geology at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale (SIU) in the geologic, flood, and environmental sciences as well as geographic information systems (GIS) a project to complete pre-disaster mitigation plans for seventeen counties in Southern Illinois has formed.  The risk assessment and HAZUS-MH portions of the plans and plan preparation will utilize the expertise of The Polis Center at Indiana University, Purdue University - Indianapolis (Polis), and the Illinois Regional Planning Commissions (RPC).  The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) is partnering with these organizations to facilitate the creation of the pre-disaster mitigation plans.  As part of the risk assessment process, Polis and SIU will develop Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to use local GIS data and Assessors information to update HAZUS-MH general building stock data (address & lat/long for each parcel, occupancy classification, square footage, year built, number of stories and basic construction type).  With assistance from the local government staff, SIU will assist the counties to map critical facilities for use in the model.  GIS and HAZUS-MH analyses will be performed to generate the risk assessment document.

Indiana

The Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) is partnering with The Polis center and regional commissions to facilitate the creation of pre-disaster mitigation plans for thirty-three counties in central and northern Indiana.  The Polis Center will participate in the entire planning process.  As part of the risk assessment process, Polis will develop Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to use local GIS data and Assessors information to update HAZUS-MH general building stock data (address & lat/long for each parcel, occupancy classification, square footage, year built, number of stories and basic construction type).  With assistance from the local government staff, Polis will assist the counties to map critical facilities for use in the model.  GIS and HAZUS-MH analyses will be performed to generate the risk assessment document.

The Indiana Silver Jackets in collaboration with The Polis Center, is nearing completion of the research project that they began in mid-2007.  This project involves developing a near real-time tool that integrates credible flood inundation grids developed by the USGS with local location specific assessors? data for the purpose of generating realistic loss estimations.  The intended outcome of this project is a web-based tool that can be accessed by anyone with internet access.

Minnesota

The Minnesota State Emergency Management Agency is discussion the formation of a HAZUS-MH support center that would serve the needs of users in Minnesota.  Steve Swazy (Governor?s Council on GIS) is leading this effort as part of a larger effort with state agencies.

Ohio

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is collaborating with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to do a statewide flood study.

Ohio has been using HAZUS-MH extensively over the last 6 to 9 months.  One example of this use is that they are running scenarios in support of their Emergency Operations Center assessment room functions.

Ohio is also engaged in a research project that involves running HAZUS-MH flood scenarios based upon real-time flood frequency information derived from USGS gages.

Ohio is also involved in a project whose team includes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.  This project involves completing a HAZUS-MH level 1 flood study for both 100 yr and 25 yr frequencies for 44 counties in Ohio - approximately 50% of the state.  It is planned that the results of this project will be included in the Ohio state plan update process.  Work on this project should be completed in the spring of 2008.

It was reported that Ohio is planning to create a DEM from their new statewide imagery.  It is believed that the resolution of this data will be 1 or 2 meters.  This data can potentially be used to significantly enhance the accuracy of HAZUS-MH generated flood inundation areas or it can be used to enhance the credibility of other flood models which might generate output that could be integrated into HAZUS-MH via a user defined flood depth grid, thru the Flood Information Tool, or thru the Enhanced Quick Look tool.

Wisconsin

The Polis Center will work with the University of Wisconsin Madison (UWM) on a project that focuses on state-wide riverine and coastal flood risks.

The project will develop a state-wide risk assessment focused on defining flood risks throughout the state.  The statewide assessment will use HAZUS-MH to generate a hazard riverine profile for each county in the state.  The assessment will also model Great Lakes coastal flooding.  HAZUS-MH will use a 30 meter resolution digital elevation model originally acquired from the United States Geological Survey.  The model will use default HAZUS-MH inventory data.  Where available, the risk assessment will incorporate Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRM).

Wisconsin Emergency Management (WEM) will host the Risk Assessment activities.  The hazard identification and data inventory will be conducted by WEM with assistance from the Land Information and Computer Graphics Facility (LICGF) at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and The Polis Center at IUPUI.  The Statewide GIS Atlas, hosted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, will be used as a starting point for adding existing hazard profile information.  HAZUS-MH analysis will be conducted at LICGF and Polis.  The LICGF and Polis teams will assist WEM with developing the flood risk assessment using HAZUS-MH as a risk assessment tool.

Information forthcoming

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