Julia CampbellNovember 2, 2010

UP 206a GIS

Skills Used1. Inset Map2. Attribute Subset Selections

Skills Used3.Geoprocessing

Skills Used4. Indicies5. Point Graduated Symbol

Sacramento Tracts Affected by FloodsSkills Used 6. Boundary Sub-Set

Selection

Issue

- Let’s Katrina II

- Seniors or otherwise immobile population

- Natural disaster causing levee failure

- Once we are aware of the situation we can address it

Sources

- Census Tiger and American Fact Finder

- Sacramento River Conservation Area Forum

- Natural Resources Conservation Service

- Cal-Atlas

- National Atlas

Next Steps

-Focus on oxbow and American River tracts

-Include economic data for 2000 population

-Evaluate elevation data to extrapolate floodplain into residential neighborhoods in case of levee failure

-Examination of historical land use data