The EPINAL High Flood Risk Land dataset contains flood surface maps produced for reporting under the European Flood Directive (2007/60/EC). It is produced by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières to homogenize knowledge of flood exposure and support the development of flood risk management plans. The dataset provides quantitative evidence for flood vulnerability across high, medium, and low probability scenarios.
Use Cases
- Developing flood risk management plans based on mapped flood hazards.
- Assessing territorial vulnerability based on three levels of flood probability.
- Providing quantitative evidence for environmental impact assessments based on flood surface maps.
- Supporting regulatory reporting for the European Flood Directive based on the standardized mapping.
Strengths
- Produced by a national geological and mining research bureau (BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES).
- Created for a specific regulatory framework (European Directive 2007/60/EC).
- Maps flood hazards on an appropriate scale for risk management planning.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Last updated 2019-04-02 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
Provenance
- Source
- BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES
- Collection Method
- Produced for reporting under the European Flood Directive.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2019-04-02 00:00:00
- Geography
- Likely covers high flood risk areas (TRI) in France, specifically the EPINAL region.