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REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE
OMB No. 0704-0188
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1. AGENCY USE ONLY (Leave blank)
2. REPORT DATE
3. REPORT TYPE AND DATES COVERED
March 1995
4. TITLE AND SUBTITLE
5. FUNDING NUMBERS
Development and Application of a Spatial Database for
Emergency Management Operations:
1993 Midwest Flood
6. AUTHORS
Joyce A. Nagle, Elke S. Ochs, Andrew J. Bruzewicz and Harlan L. McKim
7. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
8. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION
REPORT NUMBER
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
72 Lyme Road
CRREL Report 95-4
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755-1290
9. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCY NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES)
10. SPONSORING/MONITORING
AGENCY REPORT NUMBER
Office of the Chief of Engineers
Washington, D.C. 20314-1000
11. SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES
For conversion of SI units to non-SI units of measurement consult Standard Practice for Use of the International System of Units (SI),
ASTM Standard E380-93, published by the American Society for Testing and Materials, 1916 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19103.
12a. DISTRIBUTION/AVAILABILITY STATEMENT
12b. DISTRIBUTION CODE
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Available from NTIS, Springfield, Virginia 22161.
13. ABSTRACT (Maximum 200 words)
During natural and man-made emergencies, there is a need for the rapid development of spatial databases to
support recovery efforts. A spatial database was developed to support the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Disas-
ter Field Offices during the flooding that took place in the Midwest during the summer of 1993. The spatial da-
tabase contains roads, railroads, hydrography, county boundaries and inundation data for seven rivers located
in the Mississippi River basin. The spatial data came from a variety of sources, including U.S. Census Bureau
TIGER/Line files, U.S. Geological Survey Digital Line Graphs and satellite imagery. An application of the spa-
tial database is also described. Maps were produced showing roads, railways, hydrography, county boundaries
and, when available, inundation data. These maps were then distributed to assist in the recovery efforts and
future planning.
14. SUBJECT TERMS
15. NUMBER OF PAGES
1993 Midwest floods
Geographic information systems
57
Data
Maps
16. PRICE CODE
17. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
18. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
19. SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
20. LIMITATION OF ABSTRACT
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OF THIS PAGE
OF ABSTRACT
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Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89)
NSN 7540-01-280-5500
Prescribed by ANSI Std. Z39-18
298-102
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