#usace — Public Fediverse posts

See The Mississippi River’s Hidden History, Uncovered By Lasers
Using hyperprecise LiDAR data,. a cartographer [well, hydrographer!] maps the river’s bend and channels over time with mesmerizing results…
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/mississippi-rivers-hidden-history-uncovered-by-lidar <-- shared technical / media article
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https://dancoecarto.com/ <-- shared @Daniel Coe portfolio and more
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https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p266001coll1/id/10015/ <-- shared Harold Fisk's 1944 USACE report, “The Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi River”
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrography #hydrology #LiDAR #remotesensing #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #hydrogeomorphology #Mississippi #River #Fiske #cartography #visualisation #meandering #channels #landforms #floodplains #opendata #3DEP #topography #geomorphology #levees #dikes #oxbows #channel #paleohydrology
#DanielCoe | @nationalgeographic | #USGS | #USACE

Ten Things To Know About The Proposed 2025 WOTUS Rule [shared article]
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https://www.swca.com/news-insights/ten-things-to-know-about-the-proposed-2025-wotus-rule/ <-- shared (SWCA) precis article
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https://www.epa.gov/wotus/updated-definition-waters-united-states <-- shared EPA Updated Definition of Waters of the United States.
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https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-11/11132.1-01-ow_wotus_nprm_ria_20251110_508.pdf <-- shared EPA document ‘Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Updated Definition of Waters of the United States Rule’
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[this post is intended to pass on information in this article only, and further should NOT be considered an endorsement of a particular viewpoint, consultant, etc]
#water #hydrology #hydrography #USA #regulations #WOTUS #EPA #USACE #proposedRule #WatersOfTheUnitedStates #CleanWaterAct #CWA
@EPA @USACE

US National Inventory Of Dams [NID] [open spatial data]
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H/T Data Is Plural https://www.data-is-plural.com/
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“The National Inventory of Dams [https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/] [is a is a congressionally authorized] ‘document[ing] all known dams in the U.S. and its territories that meet certain criteria’ related [https://nid.sec.usace.army.mil/#/about-the-nid/mission] to the dam’s height, reservoir size, and likely impacts of its ‘failure or mis-operation.’..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #fedscience #NationalInventoryofDams #NLDI #US #USA #dams #criteria #inventory #opendata #downloadable #risk #hazard #infrastructure #energy #HEP #waterresources #hydroelectric #webmap #USACE #operations #dataset #safety #inspection #uses
@USACE @FEMA @EPA

New USGS Dataset Uncovers The Santiam River’s Underwater Topography To Aid In Fish Habitat And Water Flow Management
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/new-usgs-dataset-uncovers-santiam-rivers-underwater-topography-aid-fish <-- shared article
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https://apps.nationalmap.gov/lidar-explorer/#/ <-- USGS 3DEP LiDAR Explorer (open data)
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #LiDAR #topobathymetry #topobathy #example #usecase #wildfires #rivermanagement #climatechange #waterresources #SantiamRiver #Oregon #KlamathRiver #PotomacRiver #ColoradoRiver #USGS #USACE #3DEP #opendata #topography #elevation #3DTNM #water #hydrology #hydrospatial #pilotproject #prototype #infrastructure #navigation #engineering #riverbed #sediment #sedimentation #habitat #river #waterbody #flowmanagement #dams #salmon #steelhead #fish #WillametteValley #flood #flooding #risk #hazard #model #modeling #FIM #watersupply #agriculture
@USGS @USACE

Beach Nourishment Viewer [Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines (PSDS)]
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https://beachnourishment.wcu.edu/ <-- link to data portal
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #marine #coast #coastline #beach #climatechange #beachnourishment #coastalengineering #engineering #mitigation #stormsurge #erosion #opendata #dataportal #USACE #metrics #history #projects #cost #economics #economy #environmentalmanagement #database #sediment #sand #placement #shore #shoreline #protection