Flood-Related Traffic Obstructions on Provincial Roads in 2018

A map layer from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations showing provincial roads where traffic was obstructed due to a downpour in 2018. The data is available in multiple geospatial formats, including WMS and WFS. It is published under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling flood risk to road infrastructure based on reported obstruction events.
• Assessing the vulnerability of provincial road networks to extreme rainfall.
• Planning emergency response routes by identifying roads historically prone to flooding.
• Integrating historical flood obstruction data into climate resilience studies.

Strengths

• Data originates from a national government ministry, suggesting an authoritative source.
• Provides a specific temporal focus on events from the year 2018.
• Available in standard geospatial service formats (WMS, WFS) for direct integration into GIS.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Row count and sample data are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official traffic or incident reports.

Time Range

2018

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Provincial roads, likely within the Netherlands.