Western North Carolina Streambed Mapping Project

AECOM Water

In the fall of 2004, Hurricanes Ivan and Frances battered significant portions of North Carolina, leaving nineteen counties in the western region declared federal disaster areas. In response, the North Carolina General Assembly, through Senate Bill 7, developed the Hurricane Recovery Act. The act created several programs to support the response and recovery of these areas. This package included support for the North Carolina Stream Mapping Project to execute the recommendations of the implementation plan. Under the direction of The North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis (CGIA), this high-resolution stream mapping dataset was completed in August of 2007.

AECOM Water worked closely with CGIA and an advisory committee composed of personnel from multiple federal, state, and local municipalities to accurately assess all user needs for the stream mapping dataset. This committee helped to establish user requirements, a database schema design, a six-acre drainage area requirement for the termination of the streamlines, and a quarter-acre size requirement for the collection of water bodies.

Courtesy of AECOM Water.

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