Califonia Sea Level Rise – GIS Data Downloads

Dataset Type Metadata Download
Predicted flood elevations in San Francisco Bay from US Army Corps of Engineers’ 1984 publication, San Francisco Bay Tidal Stage vs. Frequency Study. Shapefile, point html FAQ sf_flood_elev.zip
Predicted flood elevations for the Northern California Pacific Coast from Northern California Coastal Flood Studies, prepared for FEMA by Ott Water Engineers in 1984. Shapefile, point html FAQ Ott_water_flood_elev.zip
Base flood elevations (points) compiled from FEMA Flood Insurance Studies for the California Pacific Coast Shapefile, point html FAQ FIS_flood_elev.zip
Extended base flood elevations (polyline) for the California Pacific Coast Shapefile, polyline html FAQ Coastal_BFE.zip
Raster surface of base flood elevations for California’s Pacific Coast (produced by Euclidean allocation of extended BFE polyline) ESRI Raster html FAQ bfe_rasters.zip
Areas inundated by unimpeded Pacific coastal flooding under baseline (year 2000) conditions Shapefile, polygon html FAQ Ca_coast_yr2000_flood.zip
Areas inundated by unimpeded Pacific coastal flooding under a scenario of 1.4-meter (55-inch) sea-level rise Shapefile, polygon html FAQ Ca_coast_yr2100_flood.zip
Pacific coast bluff erosion hazard zone (high scenario) – DRAFT Shapefile, polygon html FAQ Bluff_hz_yr2100.zip
Pacific coast dune erosion hazard zone (high scenario) Shapefile, polygon html FAQ Dune_hz_yr2100.zip
Merged and simplified combined bluff and dune erosion hazard zone Shapefile, polygon html FAQ Erosion_hz_yr2100.zip
Coastal wetlands (a filtered subset of wetland polygons from the National Wetlands Inventory that are below or within 100 meters of the MHHW line) Shapefile, polygon html FAQ Coastal_wetlands.zip
Mean higher high water elevations at selected long-term Pacific coast tide stations Shapefile, point html FAQ CA_Tide_stations.zip
Raster surface of mean higher high water (MHHW) elevations for California’s Pacific coast under baseline conditions (year 2000) Raster html FAQ mhhw_2000.zip
Raster surface of mean higher high water (MHHW) elevations for California’s Pacific coast under 1.4-meter (55-inch) sea-level rise scenario Raster html FAQ mhhw_2100.zip
Area inundated by mean higher high water (MHHW) under baseline conditions (year 2000) Shapefile, polygon html FAQ mhhw_2000_shp.zip
Area inundated by mean higher high water (MHHW) under 1.4-meter (55-inch) sea-level rise scenario Shapefile, polygon html FAQ mhhw_2100_shp.zip
Area required for wetland migration under 1.4-meter (55-inch) sea-level rise scenario Shapefile, polygon html FAQ mhhw_2100_minus_2000.zip
Land cover in area required for wetland migration under 1.4-meter (55-inch) sea-level rise scenario Shapefile, polygon html FAQ wetland_migration_LC.zip
Existing levees and other coastal defenses in San Francisco Bay, compiled from numerous sources by Pacific Institute researchers Shapefile, polyline html FAQ SF_Bay_levees.zip
Required levees and seawalls to protect against sea level rise in San Francisco Bay Shapefile, polyline html FAQ Needed_protection_structures.zip
Wastewater treatment plants in coastal counties in California Shapefile, point html FAQ WWTP_point.zip
Footprints for wastewater treatment plants in the San Francisco Bay area Shapefile, polygon html FAQ WWTP_poly.zip
Wastewater treatment plants vulnerable to coastal flooding under baseline conditions and a 1.4-meter sea-level rise scenario Shapefile, point html FAQ wwtp.zip
EPA-listed facilities vulnerable to coastal flooding following a 1.4-meter sea level rise (Superfund sites; hazardous waste generators; facilities required to report emissions for the Toxics Release Inventory; facilities regulated under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES); major dischargers of air pollutants with Title V permits; and brownfield properties) Shapefile, point html FAQ epa_listed.zip
Schools in California (extracted from FEMA HAZUS) Shapefile, point html FAQ CA_schools.zip
Schools vulnerable to coastal flooding under baseline conditions Shapefile, point html FAQ yr2000_vulnerable_schools.zip
Schools vulnerable to coastal flooding under baseline conditions and a 1.4-meter sea-level rise scenario Shapefile, point html FAQ yr2100_vulnerable_schools.zip
Fire stations and training facilities in California (extracted from HAZUS) Shapefile, point html FAQ CA_Fire_stations.zip
Fire stations and training facilities vulnerable to coastal flooding under baseline conditions Shapefile, point html FAQ yr2000_fire_stations.zip
Fire stations and training facilities vulnerable to coastal flooding under a 1.4-meter sea-level rise scenario Shapefile, point html FAQ yr2100_fire_stations.zip
Police stations in California (extracted from HAZUS) Shapefile, point html FAQ CA_police_stations.zip
Police stations vulnerable to coastal flooding under baseline conditions Shapefile, point html FAQ yr2000_police_stations.zip
Police stations vulnerable to coastal flooding under baseline conditions and a 1.4-meter sea-level rise scenario Shapefile, point html FAQ yr2100_police_stations.zip
Health care facilities vulnerable to coastal flooding under baseline conditions Shapefile, point html FAQ yr2000_hospitals.zip
Health care facilities vulnerable to coastal flooding under a 1.4-meter sea-level rise scenario Shapefile, point html FAQ yr2100_hospitals.zip
Data tables: Replacement cost for buildings and contents by census block, estimated by the FEMA HAZUS model
  Replacement.mdb (all 3 tables in an Access database)
  BLDCNT.dbf (building count)
  BLDVAL.dbf (buidling replacement values)
  TOTVAL.dbf (replacement value of building and contents)
MS Access database Replacement.zip
DBASE Table BLDGCNT.zip
DBASE Table BLDGVAL.zip
DBASE Table TOTVAL.zip
Census blocks, percent vulnerable to unimpeded coastal flooding under baseline conditions and with a 1.4-meter (55-inch) sea-level rise (the same table is available in 3 formats, comma-delimited text, Dbase table, and Excel spreadsheet.) CSV
DBF
XLS
html FAQ Blk_fld.zip
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