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Open-File Report O-13-11, Channel migration hazard data and maps for the Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, by John T. English, Daniel E. Coe, and Robert D. Chappell.
NOTE: This publication supersedes Open-File Report O-11-15, Channel migration hazard maps for the Hood River, Hood River County, Oregon, which does NOT contain shapefiles.

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Publication includes:

Shapefiles:

• Avulsion Hazard Zone (AHZ) for upper and lower Hood River
• Channel Migration Zone (CMZ) for upper and lower Hood River
• Disconnected Migration Area (DMA) for upper and lower Hood River
• Erosion Hazard Area (EHA) for upper and lower /Hood River
• Historical Migration Zone (HMZ) for upper and lower Hood River

and 12 PDF map plates.

Map plate PDFs; actual plate size: 44 x 34 inches. All plates are 1:6,000 scale. Preview Plate 5.

Plate 1. Channel Migration Map for Hood River, River Miles 1 through 2, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000	Plate 2. Channel Migration Map for Hood River, River Miles 3 through 5, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000	Plate 3. Channel Migration Map for Hood River, River Miles 13 through 14, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000
Plate 4. Channel Migration Map for East Fork Hood River, River Miles 0 through 2, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000	Plate 5. Channel Migration Map for East Fork Hood River, River Miles 2 through 4, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000 larger preview	Plate 6. Channel Migration Map for East Fork Hood River, River Miles 4 through 6, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000
Plate 7. Channel Migration Map for East Fork Hood River, River Miles 6 through 7, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000	Plate 8. Channel Migration Map for Middle Fork Hood River, River Miles 0 through 3, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000	Plate 9. Channel Migration Map for Middle Fork Hood River, River Miles 3 through 5, Hood River County, Oregon, scale 1:6,000

Conventional flood hazard maps, like Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) Digital Flood Insurance Rate Map (DFIRM) series maps, examine only hazards posed by standing floodwaters on a given floodplain. However, damage from bank erosion as river channels naturally migrate may be far greater locally and may occur even in the absence of major flooding. To address this hazard, this channel migration hazard study identifies areas susceptible to future channel movement and erosion. Following the methodology of Rapp and Abbe (2003) we examined light detection and ranging (lidar) derived digital elevation models and serial aerial photographs to map the positions of channels over time. From these data we calculated local erosion rates and identified potential avulsion sites, areas where infrastructure may prevent erosion, and areas where infrastructure is at risk from erosion. The resulting channel migration zone (CMZ) and its subzones represent our best estimate of the likely hazard projected 100 years into the future. The analysis is restricted to the geologic floodplain of the river, with no attempt to address hazards on valley walls.

(Above) Schematic of Historic Migration Zone (HMZ) with respect to overall Channel Migration Zone (CMZ).
DMA is Disconnected Migration Area. EHA is Erosion Hazard Area. AHZ is Avulsion Hazard Zone.

(left) Study location and (right) locations of individual plates in study.

For methodology, see English, J. T., and Coe, D. E., 2011, Channel migration hazard maps, Coos County, Oregon: Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Open-File Report O-11-09 [preview], 18 p.