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Special Purpose Imagery Archive

The following are ad hoc-generated images for special projects, grouped by geographic region. Note: some of the linked images are large georeferenced JPG or TIFF files that have been compressed using the tar and gzip utilities.

Select a Region Overview
Midwest
Upper Midwest
Northeast
Southeast
Lower Mississippi
Northwest

Full resolution Landsat imagery is available from USGS.
MODIS imagery is available from NASA.
Flood information is from NWS AHPS.


Lower Mississippi Region
Black River at Pocahontas, AR - 2011-05-17

This Landsat 5 TM image depicts flooding along the Black River as well as the Cache River to the southeast. This satellite image uses bands 5-4-3 as R-G-B.

The latest reported stage at Pocahontas is 18.71 ft at 8:00 AM CDT on 05/19. Flood stage is 17 ft.

The latest reported stage at Black Rock is 20.1 ft at 8:00 AM CDT on 05/19. Flood stage is 14 ft.

Black River at Pocahontas, AR - 2011-05-17

Northwest Region
Green River from the Howard Hanson Dam to Auburn, WA - 2009-09-20

This Landsat 5 TM image shows the Green River and lake extents near the Howard Hanson Dam, east of Auburn, WA.

Green River from the Howard Hanson Dam to Auburn, WA - 2009-09-20

Southeast Region
Oconee River near Milledgeville, Georgia - 2009-09-22

This is a comparison between flooding shown in the Landsat TM image and a more normal river extent via Google Maps. Notice the large grassy areas near the river that are now flooded in the satellite image.


Google Maps view of Milledgeville, GA

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Oconee River near Milledgeville, Georgia - 2009-09-22

Northeast Region
Northeast snowstorm - 2011-10-30

This is a TERRA MODIS composite image that uses bands 7-2-1 as R-G-B. Snow can be seen on the ground as cyan, with white being cloud. Image postprocessing was done at University of Wisconsin SSEC.

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Northeast snowstorm - 2011-10-30

Upper Midwest Region
Devils Lake, ND - 2011-06-03

The LANDSAT-5 TM image is a false-color composite depicting the extents of Devils Lake in eastern North Dakota.

The TM bands 5, 4, and 3 are displayed as Red, Green, and Blue.

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Devils Lake, ND - 2011-06-03

Midwest Region
Wabash River near Terre Haute, IN - 2013-04-30

This Landsat 7 image shows moderate flooding along the Wabash River from Terre Haute, IN down to Mt Carmel, IL. This is a false color composite that uses bands 5-4-3 as Red-Green-Blue. The LandsatLook scene is from path 22, rows 33 and 34. Additional XML data for GIS can be found here.

This scene is GIS-ready with the additional .jgw file.

Wabash River near Terre Haute, IN - 2013-04-30



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