Yukon Community Landscape Hazard Maps for Adaptation Planning

Landscape hazard maps assess geological risks like landslides and permafrost stability under future climate conditions for Yukon communities. The analysis incorporates surficial geology, topography, permafrost data, and climate projections. Maps use stoplight colors to provide an intuitive tool for land use and adaptation planning.

Use Cases

• Identify areas of permafrost stability risk by analyzing integrated surficial geology and permafrost distribution layers.
• Model landslide susceptibility by combining topography data on slope and aspect with geological hazard assessments.
• Assess flood hazard potential using analyses of past hydrological trends and future climate projections.
• Support community land-use decisions by interpreting the stoplight-colored hazard map within an adaptation planning framework.

Strengths

• Analysis incorporates multiple specific data inputs: surficial geology, topography, permafrost distribution, and climate projections.
• Hazard maps are designed with stoplight colors for intuitive interpretation by community decision-makers.
• Detailed methodology and data inputs are documented in an accompanying downloadable report.

Limitations

• Dataset structure (rows, columns) is unspecified, limiting understanding of its tabular or analytical granularity.
• Primary format is ESRI REST service, requiring GIS software for direct analysis, not a simple tabular file.

Provenance

Source

Government of Yukon, distributed via GeoYukon.

Collection Method

Hazard mapping program coordinated by the Northern Climate ExChange, incorporating various geospatial and climate datasets.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Yukon, Canada communities.