Coastal Community Flood Assessment

Project Details

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• Project ID:

  1648

• Nickname/Abbreviation:

  Flood assessment

• Parent Project:

  Alaska Coastal Geohazards Program

• Status:

  Active

• Description:

  DGGS is compiling a list of all known flood events for individual communities. Each community-specific report includes a flood risk category map showing current infrastructure and historical floods with flood height estimates. This work is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Alaska Ocean Observing System, and the State of Alaska.

• Project Date(s):

  2019 - present

• Primary Contact:

  Nieminski, Nora M., Ph.D.

• DGGS section:

  Geologic Hazards

• Alternate Url:

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• Project Participants:

  Jacquelyn R. Overbeck, Roberta J. Glenn, Katie Y. Miller, Keith C. Horen, Autumn C. Poisson, Nora M. Nieminski, Jessie E. Christian

Publications

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RI 2026-4

Christian, J.E., Horen, K.C., and Nieminski, N.M., 2026, Coastal flood impact assessment for Chefornak, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2026-4, 37 p., 3 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/32074

RI 2026-1

Horen, K.C., and Nieminski, N.M., 2026, Coastal flood impact assessment for Tuntutuliak, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2026-1, 46 p., 2 sheets. https://doi.org/10.14509/32056

RI 2025-5

Horen, K.C., Christian, J.E., and Nieminski, N.M., 2025, Coastal flood impact assessment for Kivalina, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2025-5, 29 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31699

RI 2025-6

Horen, K.C., Christian, J.E., and Nieminski, N.M., 2025, Coastal flood impact assessment for Shaktoolik, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2025-6, 78 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31702

RI 2025-8

Christian, J.E., Horen, K.C., and Nieminski, N.M., 2025, Coastal flood impact assessment for Stebbins, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2025-8, 34 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31715

RI 2025-2

Christian, J.E., Horen, K.C., and Nieminski, N.M., 2025, Coastal flood impact assessment for Teller, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2025-2, 23 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31646

RI 2025-3

Christian, J.E., Horen, K.C., and Nieminski, N.M., 2025, Coastal flood impact assessment for Deering, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2025-3, 36 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31647

RI 2025-1

Horen, K.C., Christian, J.E., Poisson, A.C., Siemsen, Z.J., and Nieminski, N.M., 2025, Coastal flood impact assessment for Kwigillingok, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2025-1, 44 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31538

RI 2024-5

Horen, K.C., Poisson, A.C., Siemsen, Z.J., Christian, J.E., and Nieminski, N.M., 2024, Coastal flood impact assessment for Kipnuk, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2024-5, 45 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31280

MP 177

Horen, K.C., Poisson, A.C., Christian, J.E., and Nieminski, N.M., 2024, Methods for evaluating coastal flood impacts in Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Publication 177, 13 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31279

RI 2021-1D

Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Miller, K.Y., and Christian, J.E., 2022, Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alakanuk, in Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Chriest, Jonathan, Endres, K.L., and Plumb, E.W., Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-1D, 41 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30825

RI 2021-1C

Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Turner, M.M., and Christian, J.E., 2022, Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Kotlik, in Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Chriest, Jonathan, Endres, K.L., and Plumb, E.W., Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-1C, 57 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30783

RI 2021-1B

Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Miller, K.Y., and Christian, J.E., 2021, Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Napakiak, in Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Chriest, Jonathan, Endres, K.L., and Plumb, E.W., Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-1B, 45 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30782

RI 2021-1A

Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., and Miller, K.Y., 2021, Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Nunam Iqua, in Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Chriest, Jonathan, Endres, K.L., and Plumb, E.W., Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-1A, 31 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30675

RI 2021-1E

Buzard, R.M., and Overbeck, J.R., 2021, Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Golovin, in Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Chriest, Jonathan, Endres, K.L., and Plumb, E.W., Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-1E, 32 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30855

RI 2021-1F

Buzard, R.M., and Overbeck, J.R., 2021, Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Hooper Bay, in Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Chriest, Jonathan, Endres, K.L., and Plumb, E.W., Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-1F, 23 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30856

RI 2021-1

Buzard, R.M., Overbeck, J.R., Chriest, Jonathan, Endres, K.L., and Plumb, E.W., 2021, Coastal flood impact assessments for Alaska communities: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigation 2021-1, 16 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/30573

Posters and Presentations

Nieminski, N.M. and others, 2026

Nieminski, N.M., Baldwin, Harper, Waghorn, L.H., Rossavik, K.K., Horen, K.C., Maio, C.V., Classen, Seth, Olson, Jan, and Carl, Jaden, 2026, From observation to resilience: Integrated storm impact analysis following Ex‑Typhoon Halong (presentation): Alaska Geological Society Technical Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska, April 18, 2026: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 27 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/32117

Nieminski, N.M. and others, 2026

Nieminski, N.M., Brown, D.R.N., Baldwin, Harper, and Horen, K.C., 2026, Tools for visualizing coastal flood risk in Alaska (presentation): Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Conference, Bethel, Alaska, April 7–9, 2026: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 41 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/32084

Nieminski, N.M. and Horen, K.C., 2026

Nieminski, N.M., and Horen, K.C., 2026, Community-driven data collection (presentation): Alaska Tribal Conference on Environmental Management, Anchorage, Alaska, March 24–27, 2026: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 41 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/32085

Nieminski, N.M. and others, 2024

Nieminski, N.M., Horen, K.C., and Christian, J.E., 2024, Flood impact assessments to serve vulnerable Alaskan communities (presentation): Association of State Floodplain Managers Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 23-27, 2024: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 25 p. https://doi.org/10.14509/31301

Poisson, A.C. and others, 2022

Poisson, A.C., Siemsen, Z.J., Horen, K.C., Buzard, R.M., and Overbeck, J.R., 2022, Developing flood impact assessments to support Alaska coastal communities (poster): American Geophysical Union meeting, Chicago, Illinois, December 12-15, 2022: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, 1 sheet. https://doi.org/10.14509/30916