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3. Task C – Assess Existing Flood Risk Maps
The Flood Risk Mapping Studies / Public Information Maps page from the Department of
Environment and Conservation website provides access to digital flood plain data for
communities where floodplain mapping has been developed. Table 3-1 lists the communities for
which flood plain data is available on WRMD‟s website and the available data formats. These
communities were the focus of the project objectives related to flood risk map re-assessment.
Five basic objectives were identified for this project task, namely:
Preparation of GIS base maps for communities vulnerable to flooding identified in Table
3-1,
Digitization of flood plain data for communities identified in Table 3-1,
Delineation of community flood watersheds for those communities identified in Table 3-1,
Land cover classification within community flood watersheds and comparison to earlier
classifications, and,
Determination, based on best available science, of the impact the changing climate will
have on communities vulnerable to flooding.
Badger Goulds Salmon Cove
Bishops Falls Hant‟s Harbour Shoal Harbour / Hodges Cove
Brigus Heart‟s Delight Steady Brook
Carbonear Hickman‟s Harbour Stephenville
Codroy Valley
Outer Cove
Stephenville Crossing / Black
Duck Siding
Cox‟s Cove Parson‟s Pond Trout River
Deer Lake Petty Harbour Victoria
Ferryland Placentia Waterford River
Gaudon‟s Brook / Cold Brook Portugal Cove / St. Philips Whitbourne
Glenwood / Appleton Rushoon Winterton
Glovertown
Rushy Pond
Table 3-1. Communities for which Flood Mapping is Presently Available
Please note for Task C the names used for communities and areas are a combination of those
that were in place when the FRM studies were done in the 1980s and 1990s and those reflected
by the new LGP numbers due to a need to use data from both old FRM studies and the LGP
list.
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