Saarland Flood Hazard and Risk Maps for Water Bodies

Saarland, Germany, is the geographic focus of this dataset. It contains flood hazard and flood risk maps for the state's water bodies, published as a Web Map Service (WMS) group. The data is provided by the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie and was last updated on March 9, 2026.

Use Cases

• Assess flood risk for property development based on flood hazard map data.
• Model potential flood damage scenarios using flood risk map data.
• Plan emergency response routes by visualizing flood-prone areas.
• Analyze water body classifications using the provided LAWA water classification attribute.

Strengths

• Data is provided by the authoritative national mapping agency, Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie.
• Includes both flood hazard and flood risk map layers for comprehensive analysis.
• Last updated date is specified as March 9, 2026.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Scale is limited to a minimum of 1:50,000, which may not be suitable for very high-resolution analysis.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-09 00:00:00

Geography

Saarland, Germany