Local Resilience to Natural Disaster

USGS Science

Explore our science through the websites listed below. Project Names link to the website. Websites listed on this page are updated quarterly.

Project Name Primary Investigator Science Center
2015/2016 Winter Floods

Water Resources Mission Area
2016 Southern Spring Floods

Water Resources Mission Area
April 2011 Arkansas Flood

Water Resources Mission Area

Water Resources Mission Area
April 2011 North Dakota Flood

Water Resources Mission Area

Water Resources Mission Area
Characterizing Climate-Driven Changes to Flood Events and Floodplain Forests in the Upper Mississippi River to Inform Management

Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Developing General Coastal Vegetation Maps for Coastal Morphodynamic Models

Nicholas Enwright, Ph.D. ; Kristin Byrd, Ph.D. ; Dean Gesch, Ph.D. ; Jason Stoker, Ph.D.

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Estuarine and MaRsh Geology Research Project

St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Gulf of Mexico Gas Hydrate Joint Industry Project

Timothy Collett

Central Energy Resources Science Center
Induced Subsidence Related to Hydrocarbon Production - Subsidence and Wetland Loss Related to Fluid Energy Production, Gulf Coast Basin

Julie Bernier

St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Mapping High Marsh along the Northern Gulf of Mexico Coast

Nicholas Enwright, Ph.D.

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Mapping Marsh Structure with Polarimetric Radar: Highlighting Change in Oil Spill Impacted Marshes

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Mapping Oil in Marshes and Its Implications

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Marine Bird Populations and the Gulf of Mexico Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species (GoMMAPPS)

James Lyons, Ph.D.

Eastern Ecological Science Center
May 2011 Louisiana flood

Water Resources Mission Area
May 2011 Memphis, Tennessee Flood

Water Resources Mission Area
May 2011 New Madrid Floodway

Water Resources Mission Area
Mississippi River Special Topic

JC Nelson

Midcontinent Region
Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Program-Louisiana Outer Coast Restoration: North Breton Island Component-Monitoring and Adaptive Management

Sarai Piazza ; Nicholas Enwright, Ph.D.

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Natural Resource Disaster Assessment (NRDA): Mesophotic Reef Investigations Post-DWH Event

Kenneth Sulak, Ph.D.

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Natural Subsidence and Sea-Level Rise - Subsidence and Wetland Loss Related to Fluid Energy Production, Gulf Coast Basin

James Flocks ; Kathryn Smith, Ph.D.

St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Priority Landscapes: RESTORE--Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States Act

Lianne Ball, Ph.D.

Land Management Research Program
Science to Inform Management of Floodplain Conservation Lands in a Changing World

Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Summer 2011 Missouri River Basin flood

Water Resources Mission Area
The Great Flood of 1993

Kelly Warner

Central Midwest Water Science Center
Upper Mississippi River Restoration Program Long Term Resource Monitoring

Kathi Jo Jankowski

Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
Use of Remote Sensing Data to Quantify Bird Distributions and Aid in the Environmental Assessment of Energy Development in the Gulf of Mexico Region

Lori Randall

Wetland and Aquatic Research Center
Using Precipitation Climatology to Examine the Role of Climate Change in Extreme Events of the Mississippi River Basin

Climate Adaptation Science Centers
Wetland Subsidence and Erosion - Subsidence and Wetland Loss Related to Fluid Energy Production, Gulf Coast Basin

Julie Bernier

St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center
Workshop: Natural Solutions to Ecological and Economic Problems Caused by Extreme Precipitation Events in the Upper Mississippi River Basin

Climate Adaptation Science Centers