TERM PROJECT RESOURCES

Project Guidelines | Project Grading

• textbook
• IVCC StyleSite
• PowerPoint presentation | PowerPoint file | PowerPoint with narration
• educational web sites
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • http://www.noaa.gov/
• US Geological Survey
  • http://www.usgs.gov/
• Illinois State Geological Survey: http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/
• YOU: consider what we have discussed

• Use the hazard-specific resources provided on the weekly resource pages!
• City, county, and state web sites should be consulted for response plans.
• USGS Natural Hazards Gateway
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  • National Weather Service
  • National Hurricane Center
  • Tsunami Program
  • Drought.gov (interagency program)
• On-line Natural Hazard Maps (Federal Emergency Management Agency & ESRI)
  • instructions:
    1. In the "Product Search by Address" box, select "public flood map" in the product box, enter you address, and click on the "product search" box.
    2. On the results page, select "view."  You will be able to look at a copy of the flood hazard map, you can zoom in using the buttons next to the map. Note: there may be more than one page to look at, if so, you can go to the next sheet using the buttons that will be at the top of the page.
    3. On the left side of the map, click on the "Make a FIRMette" button.  This will allow you to make a printable version of a portion of the map.  (Be sure to move the pink square over the area you would like to have printed.)
• Illinois Emergency Management Agency
  • https://iemaohs.illinois.gov/preparedness/earthquake.html (includes Earthquake zone map based on "worst case" scenario)
• Surface Water Data
  • USGS National Data, real time & historical: http://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/sw
  • RiverGages.com
  • National Weather Service River Stages: https://water.weather.gov/ahps/
• American Planning Association, Hazards Planning Center
• GeoStat
  • includes basic information about cities and towns
  • lists of nearby earthquakes and tornadoes can be found under the "environment" tab in the menu on the left side of the window for a city