The Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP): An Internet-based GIS Data Distribution Tool www.thmp.info

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The Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP) An
Internet-based GIS Data Distribution Tool
www.thmp.info
Texas Geographic Society Presentation 1 of 2
Roddy Seekins

• How to Use THMP to Identify risk
• and what to do next

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www.thmp.info
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THMP Map Viewers Internet Mapping
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SUMMARY DATA Number of hazard occurrences
(frequency) over reported period of
time, summarized by county and mapped into 4
classes (5 counting 0)

• Summary data is provided for 10 different
  hazards
• Hurricanes Tropical Storms
• Tornadoes
• Floods
• Other Storms
• Drought
• Outdoor Fires
• Extreme Temperatures
• Earthquakes
• Hazardous Materials
• Subsidence

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Hurricanes 1851 - 2001
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Hurricanes Tropical Storms 1851 - 2001
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Floods 1961 - 1999
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Floods 1961 1999
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Other Storms 1955-2003 Identify Travis County
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DETAIL DATA Hazard occurrences by actual
location of event (if available), hazard risk
zones, and other significant data used in
identification and quantification of hazard risk

Detail data is provided for the same 10 hazard
categories, separated into Weather-related and
Non Weather-related

• Weather-related Hazards
• Hurricanes Tropical Storms
• Tornadoes
• Floods
• Other Storms
• Drought
• Outdoor Fires
• Extreme Temperatures

• Non Weather-related Hazards
• Earthquakes
• Hazardous Materials
• Subsidence

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BASE MAPS Reference geography to overlay with
hazards

• Base maps are provided for 6 different
  categories
• Administrative Boundaries
• Transportation
• Hydrography
• Landscape
• Population
• Weather-base data

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Hurricane Tracks 1851-2001
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Hurricane Risk Zones
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THMP 1.0 Data Layers Currently, there are 59 GIS
data layers available to map online, download or
stream into your own GIS/mapping system

• Hazards Weather-related
• Hurricanes Tropical Storms
• Hurricanes 1851-2001
• Tropical/Subtropical Storms 1851-2001
• Hurricane Tracks 1851-2001
• Tropical/Subtropical Storms 1851-2001
• Hurricane Risk Zones
• Hurricane Evacuation Routes
• Tornadoes
• Tornadoes (F3-F5) 1950-2003
• Tornadoes (F1-F5) 1950-2003
• Tornado Risk Zones
• Tornado Events (F3-F5) 1950-2003
• Tornado Events (F1-F5) 1950-2003
• 3. Floods
• Floods 1961-1999

• 4. Other Storms
• Other Storms 1955-2003
• Wind Risk Zones
• Other Storm Events 1994-2003
• Outdoor Fires
• Outdoor Fires 2000-2003
• Outdoor Fire Risk Zones
• Drought
• Drought (Months) 1976-2003
• Drought Events 1996-2003
• Extreme Temperatures
• Extreme Heat (Days) 1980-2003
• Extreme Cold (Days) 1980-2003

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Data Layer List continued

• Hazards Non Weather-related
• 8. Earthquakes
• Earthquakes 1882-1985
• Earthquake Epicenters 1882-1985
• Earthquake Risk Zones
• 9. Hazardous Materials
• Hazardous Materials (All) 2004
• Hazardous Waste Sites 2004
• Radioactive Waste Sites 2004
• Superfund Sites 2004
• Hazardous Cargo Routes
• 10. Subsidence
• Subsidence (Feet) 1918-1975
• Subsidence Risk Zones

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Data Layer List continued

• Base Maps
• Administrative Boundaries
• U.S.
• Mexico
• Council of Government Districts
• Counties
• Cities
• GDEM Disaster Districts
• Parks
• Transportation
• Interstate Highways
• Major Highways
• Hydrography
• River Basins
• Lakes Reservoirs (Large-scale)
• Lakes Reservoirs (Small-scale)

• 4. Landscape
• Elevation
• Soils
• 5. Population
• Population (County) 2000
• Population (Tract) 2000
• Population (Block Group) 2000
• Population (Block) 2000
• Population (County) 2005 Estimate
• Population (County) 2010 Projection
• 6. Weather-base data
• Average Annual Precipitation
• Average Annual Temperature

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Data Layer Description Page Ex. Hurricanes
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Data Layer Description page Ex. Metadata
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Other THMP Pages

• User Resources
• Quick Start Tutorial
• Training
• Support Groups
• Presentations
• Links
• Reference Materials
• Other Maps Data
• Real-Time Data

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Using THMP DataOutside of THMP Map Viewers

• Download (data layers)
• Shapefile (.shp) format compatible with many
  Geographic Information Systems
• ZIP file includes Metadata, user notes and other
  valuable info
• Stream (data layers)
• Internet Server connection THMP-ArcGIS

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Data Layer Description page Ex. Download
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Streaming THMP data from Map Viewers using
ArcGIS Connecting to www.tnris.org
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Streaming THMP data from Map Viewers using
ArcGIS Population (County) 2010 Estimate
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Texas Geographic Society Phase 2 of the Grant

• 1. Enhancing and expanding www.thmp.info
• Adding information on other Hazards
• Adding Population and Property Value
  vulnerability maps
• 2. Training
• Providing THMP and HAZUS courses around the
  state.
• 3. Coordination and Outreach
• Supporting key organizations
• Working through related organizations
• Building and Umbrella Group (HAMMER-TECH)

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1. Enhancing and expanding www.thmp.info

• A. Additional/Updated Hazards
• Coastal Erosion
• Dam Failure
• Flood Risk Zones
• B. Adding Asset Vulnerability
• Population Vulnerability to Hazards
• Property Value Vulnerability to Hazards

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Additional Hazards Coastal Erosion
Gulf of Mexico
Overview part of Texas coastline
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Coastal Erosion
Zoom Meters/Feet per year of erosion
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Additional/Updated Hazards Flood Risk Zones
Completing statewide coverage
80 available Counties in THMP 174 to go!
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B. Asset Vulnerability
Vulnerability Exposure / Hazard Risk
Zone Vulnerable areas are displayed and
classified by census geography (Block or Census
Tract) where Hazard Risk Zones intersect Exposed
Assets (Population, Property Value)
Exposure (ex. Population)

• THMP Data Layers
• Population Vulnerability (Total Pop, Total Pop
  Density)
• Property Value Vulnerability (Total Property
  Value, Total Property Value Density)
• for 5 Hazards Hurricane, Floods, Tornadoes,
  Earthquakes, Subsidence

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Population Vulnerability to Hurricanes
Corpus Christi Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Overview Corpus Christi area
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Population Vulnerability to Hurricanes
Risk Zone 1
Risk Zone 2
Risk Zone 3
Several vulnerable areas None-to-Low
vulnerability in downtown area
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Population Vulnerability to Floods
Overview Austin area
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Population Vulnerability to Floods
vulnerable area!
may need further investigation
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THMP to HAZUS

• THMP
• Provides easy-to-use, online application (free)
  to
• Identify historical hazard occurrences
• actual hazard event locations
• summarized by county
• Identify hazard risk areas
• Determine relative vulnerability (to population
  and property value)
• HAZUS
• Provides a complex, desktop application (at a
  cost?) to
• Quantify the impact of a specified hazard event
• Perform damage assessment and loss estimation
  analysis
• Study case may be identified in HAZUS,
  pre-determined by local experts and related
  information or by vulnerable areas previously
  determined in THMP

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What is HAZUS-MH?
HAZUS-MH is a planning tool that estimates
damage and losses from natural hazards

• It is a planning tool, NOT an engineering tool
• Engineering-level data (i.e. Hydrology
  Hydraulic studies for Flood modeling) can be
  input to increase accuracy, but results still
  produce planning-level estimations
• It estimates physical damage economic losses
• It assesses population needs related to emergency
  management
• It allows users to compare results from different
  study case scenarios, including those that result
  from specific mitigation actions (useful for
  benefits analysis)

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HAZUS-MH Technical Components

• Software Custom GIS (geographic information
  system)
• Runs on ESRI products ArcGIS and Spatial Analyst
• ESRI products must be acquired separately
• Spatial Analyst required for Flood Model only
• HAZUS-MH is free from FEMA ltwww.fema.gov/hazusgt
• Current HAZUS-MH version (MR1) runs on ArcGIS 9.x
• Previous HAZUS-MH version runs on ArcGIS 8.x
• Data National data sets
• Inventory of assets (buildings, infrastructure,
  population/demographics, etc.)
• Users may modify data sets or model factors
• Users may add their own data

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Applications in Mitigation Planning Emergency
Management
Response Recovery
Emergency Preparedness
HAZUS-MH
Loss Reduction (Mitigation)
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Emergency Preparedness

• Develop emergency response plans
• Temporary housing
• Debris removal
• Emergency power and water
• Emergency medical services
• Evacuation/emergency route clearance
• Organize response exercises

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Loss Reduction (Mitigation)

• Mitigation Assessment
• Identify at-risk communities
• Mitigation Measures
• Strengthen existing structures
• Strengthen window/door openings and siding
• Mitigation Programs
• Adopt and enforce hazard-resistant building codes
• Land use planning

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Response and Recovery

• Post-disaster damage assessment and
  ground-truthing
• Response planning for critical transportation
  outages
• Identify critical infrastructure
• Recovery action planning
• Long-term economic recovery planning

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HAZUS-MH Digital Elevation Model Stream
Generation
Ex. Travis County being prepared for Hydrologic
and Hydraulic analysis
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HAZUS-MH Compute Hydrology Hydraulics Flood
area polygon (100-yr return) Flood depth
grid for selected stream
This is our Study Case same area identified in
THMP
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HAZUS-MH Analysis Damage Assessment (ex.
Residential Buildings)
Number of Residential Buildings in each Census
Block (of Study Area) with 1 10 structural
damage
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HAZUS-MH Damage Assessment (ex. Residential
Buildings) Mapped
Although damage was light (1-10) for most
residential buildings, many were impacted
particularly in one Census Block. The previous
THMP population vulnerability map indicated this
potential
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HAZUS-MH Analysis ex. General Building Stock /
Loss Estimate
Total economic loss can calculated for impacted
area or single Census Block The previously
identified Block totals 10,530,000 economic loss
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HAZUS-MH Other Notes

• Results can be viewed mapped many different
  ways
• Including running mitigation scenarios to compare
  results
• Inventory includes many different classifications
  of general building stock (by occupancy, by
  building type), essential facilities (several
  types), transportation systems (several types),
  demographics and more
• Local data and more sophisticated HAZUS
  techniques enhance the analysis

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FEMA Resources

• HAZUS-MH Overview
• Resources
• Conference Information
• FAQs

www.fema.gov/hazus
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2. Training

• Training courses in 2005, include
• THMP
• HAZUS-MH
• Custom FEMA standardized
• Intro to GIS for THMP HAZUS Users
• Other FEMA-based courses (coming soon)
• Methods of delivery include
• Instructor-led, Computer-based training
• Online Tutorials
• Demonstrations / Presentations
• Note When appropriate, courses will coincide
  with other related conferences
• and training programs

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Texas Geographic Society TRAINING
PROGRAM Instructor-led, Computer-based
Training for Hazard Mitigation Emergency
Managers Professionals

• Training Options
• THMP www.thmp.info
• Texas Hazard Mitigation Package (THMP
  pronounced thump) is an online mapping system
  from TXGS for
• displaying historical hazard occurrences,
  identifying relative risk areas and assessing
  vulnerabilities to population
• and property. THMP is also a geographic data
  distribution tool for other mapping/GIS systems.
• Course is designed to introduce all people to an
  easy-to-use, free application
• HAZUS
• HAZUS-MH is a custom GIS planning tool from FEMA
  used for damage assessment and loss estimation
  from real
• or potential disasters Introductory and
  advanced courses focused on Flood and Hurricane
  modules (ArcGIS required)
• Intro to GIS for THMP HAZUS Users
• ArcGIS 9.0 is a geographic information system
  (GIS) from ESRI used for a multitude of
  applications, including
• hazard mitigation and emergency response
• Course is designed at an introductory level for
  THMP HAZUS Users

The Texas Geographic Society is pleased to
announce a new Training Program aimed at
professionals that need to more effectively
mitigate, manage and respond to hazards using
application-specific information and mapping
technology. The courses are intended to be free
or provided at a minimal cost.
2005 Schedule Texas GIS Forum (April) Texas
Hurricane Conference (May) Stay tuned for many
new training workshops held at hazard-related
venues (June Dec)
For more information or registration, please
contact the Texas Geographic Society at
contactTXGS_at_texasgs.org or 512-912-9695.
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Texas Geographic Society
Executive Director Roddy Seekins 512-507-8515 rod
dy_at_texasgs.org   Education Coordinator Craig
Eissler 512-912-9695 craig_at_texasgs.org Technical
Support (at TNRIS) Miguel Pavón 512-463-8399 migue
l.pavon_at_twdb.state.tx.us