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Special Purpose Imagery Archive

The following are ad hoc-generated images for special projects, grouped by geographic region. Note: some of the linked images are large georeferenced JPG or TIFF files that have been compressed using the tar and gzip utilities.

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Full resolution Landsat imagery is available from USGS.
MODIS imagery is available from NASA.
Flood information is from NWS AHPS.


Southeast Region
Oconee River near Milledgeville, Georgia - 2009-09-22

This is a comparison between flooding shown in the Landsat TM image and a more normal river extent via Google Maps. Notice the large grassy areas near the river that are now flooded in the satellite image.


Google Maps view of Milledgeville, GA

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Oconee River near Milledgeville, Georgia - 2009-09-22
Oconee River near Milledgeville, Georgia - 2009-09-22

The latest river stage near Milledgeville is 28.95 ft at 2:00 PM on 9/22. Flood stage is 27ft. Current hydrograph information can be found here.

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Oconee River near Milledgeville, Georgia - 2009-09-22
Ocmulgee River near Macon, Georgia - 2009-09-22

The latest river stage near Macon is 18.8 ft at 6:00 PM EDT on 9/22. Flood stage is 18.0ft. Current hydrograph information can be found here.

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Ocmulgee River near Macon, Georgia - 2009-09-22
Choctawhatchee River at Bruce-Ebro, Florida - 2009-06-01

A larger georegistered Landsat TM image suitable for importing into a GIS can be found here.

Choctawhatchee River at Bruce-Ebro, Florida - 2009-06-01
Minor flooding on the Satilla River at Atkinson, Georgia - 2009-04-24

The crest was 15.29', over the flood stage of 13.0' and is current at 14.88'. The channels used in the RGB image were 7-5-3, with the infra-red chosen to accent the extent of flooding.

Landsat ID: L5017038_03820090424EDC00

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Minor flooding on the Satilla River at Atkinson, Georgia - 2009-04-24
Minor flooding on the Altamaha River at Baxley, Georgia - 2009-04-24

The crest was 77.29', over the flood stage of 74.5' and is currently at 76.27'. The channels used in the RGB image were 7-5-3, with the infra-red chosen to accent the extent of flooding.

Landsat ID: L5017038_03820090424EDC00

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Minor flooding on the Altamaha River at Baxley, Georgia - 2009-04-24
Choctawhatchee River at Bruce-Ebro, Florida - 2009-04-22

The river is receding, down to 12.49 ft from a peak of 14.36'. Flood stage is 13'. This image is from the Landsat 5 satellite, displaying bands 4/3/2 as R/G/B.

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Choctawhatchee River at Bruce-Ebro, Florida - 2009-04-22
Apalachicola River at Blountstown, Florida - 2009-04-22

The river is receding, down to 16.45 ft from a peak of 19.57'. This image is from the Landsat 5 satellite, taking bands 4/3/2 as R/G/B.

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Apalachicola River at Blountstown, Florida - 2009-04-22


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