flood susceptibility for the kennebecasis watershed

RESTORATION SITE ANALYSIS: SUSCEPTIBILITY TO FLOOD DAMAGEClio Marsh Nikias

KENNEBECASIS WATERSHED RESTORATION COMMITTEE

Sussex, New Brunswick

Non-for profit restoration group

Partners

Mandate

Primary activity

Kennebecasis Watershed Restoration Committee

FLOOD SUSCEPTIBILITY AND RESTORATION SITES

Concept

Factors

Purpose

Application

Data

RESTORATION SITE ON TROUT CREEK

THE WATERSHED

Currently 5 sub-watersheds

Hammond’s Plains just added

DEM Watershed

delineation Sub-watershed

delineation

RIVER BUFFERS

RIVER BUFFERS

RIVER BUFFERS

Combined polyline and polygon 60 metre buffer

VEGETATION DATA

SOIL DATA

LAND USE DATA

EXAMPLE OF LANDSAT RESULTS

FLOOD DAMAGE SUSCEPTIBILITY

RANKED LANDSAT CHANGE

SAMPLE ATTRIBUTE TABLESSOIL

LANDUSE

SAMPLE OF UNION

MILL BROOK

WHAT’S NEXT

Visit client in person

Decide symbology for KML files

Tweak any issues with the sub-watershed outlines

Apply the Delphi Method to rank and weight the factors

Perform the site selection and assess the results

Incorporate existing site data in to database

THE END.