Puerto Rican Inflow Hydrographs

Insurance Against Floods
Puerto Rico
Following FEMA’s Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Mapping Partners, we applied detailed two-dimensional unsteady flow study methods to the Rio Grande de Loiza hydraulic area.
Following FEMA’s Guidelines and Specifications for Flood Mapping Partners, we applied detailed two-dimensional unsteady flow study methods to the Rio Grande de Loiza hydraulic area.

Draining over 725 square kilometers, the Rio Grande de Loiza’s watershed is the largest in Puerto Rico. During flood conditions, the lower 14 kilometers of the river spills over its banks and spreads out in multiple directions, flooding an area of over 100 square kilometers. It is a challenge to use traditional mapping and modeling techniques to accurately depict this flooding process. As part of the Risk Assessment, Mapping, and Planning Partners (RAMPP) joint venture project with URS and ESP Associates, we met these specialized needs by applying detailed two-dimensional unsteady flow study methods to compute new flood elevations, floodplain boundaries, and floodway, as well as completed new rainfall-runoff analyses to provide the necessary inflow hydrographs.

Client

FEMA Region II

Services

  • Geospatial, Mapping and Survey

Markets

  • Federal

Regions

  • Southeast