IFIS: A One-Stop Web Platform
Iowa Flood Information SystemProviding access to community-based flood conditions, forecasts, and inundation maps, as well as flood-related information, visualizations, and applications
Funded through the IFC’s annual state appropriation
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Services provided by IFC:
The Iowa Flood Information System (IFIS) is an easy-to-use, Google Maps–based web platform developed by the Iowa Flood Center (IFC) at the University of Iowa. The system provides real-time information on watersheds, precipitation, and stream levels for more than 1,000 Iowa communities. IFIS is available to all Iowans on the internet at ifis.iowafloodcenter.org/ifis/.
“The IFC has been very beneficial to the city of Cedar Falls. Being able to answer questions with a high level of confidence when a flood is occurring is invaluable.” —Cory Hines, Cedar Falls GIS Coordinator
Project Description:
IFIS helps communities prepare for and respond to floods before they occur, helping to minimize flood impacts and associated damages. The system includes real-time stream levels at nearly 250 locations, flood inundation maps showing the extent and depth of predicted flood waters for dozens of Iowa communities, weather conditions including current, past, and future rainfall accumulations, and much more.
Iowa Flood Center
The University of Iowa
100 Stanley Hydraulics Laboratory
Iowa City, IA 52242
E-mail: iihr-iowafloodcenter@uiowa.edu
Contact: Breanna Shea
Phone: 319-384-1729
Fax: 319-335-5238
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