Floodplain Expansion with Sea level Rise Results

Below are the findings of our study broken down by town. A summary report for all towns is under development. Most of the reports in the links below are 7-12 MB pdfs, the appendixes are mostly 10-15 MB pdfs. Some data files have yet to be posted. Report a problem or make suggestions to Joe Costa

MunicipalityReportAppendix AAppendix BGIS ShapefileGoogle Earth: ScenariosGoogle Earth: Structure Pts
FairhavenFinal Report Appendix A Maps NA GIS Shapefile Google Earth: Flood Scenario Google Earth: Built Points
WestportDraft Report Appendix A Maps Appendix B Google Earth: Flood Scenario Google Earth: Built Points
DartmouthDraft Report Appendix A Maps NA GIS Shapefiles Google Earth: Flood Scenario Google Earth: Built Points
New BedfordDraft Report Appendix A Maps NA GIS Shapefile Google Earth: Flood Scenario Google Earth: Built Points
MattapoisettDraft Report Appendix A Maps NA Google Earth: Flood Scenario Google Earth: Built Points
MarionDraft Report Appendix A Maps NA Google Earth: Flood Scenario Google Earth: Built Points
WarehamDraft Report Appendix A Maps NA GIS data Google Earth: Flood Scenario Google Earth: Built Points


2009 FEMA Floodplains shapefile for Bristol County (7.5 MB zipped shapefile, download by BBNEP, right click to download)

Quality Assurance Plan  (pdf file)

Discrepancies between the LiDAR datasets and the new FEMA flood insurance rate maps (FIRMs) in Buzzards Bay communities is explained and discussed in this Buzzards Bay NEP 2013 draft technical report .