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Arrowsic Flood Tides project
The Arrowsic Conservation Commission has installed several 4×4 wooden posts along roadsides where there is a history of flooding. These posts serve as platforms for photographing high water events and help ensure photos are taken from the same height, angle and place each time. The data collected will help the town better understand how often certain roads flood, how high the water rises along the road, its impact on shoreline vegetation and what flood events will mean for safe passage in the future.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Anecdata
ME
Beach Profiling in Coastal New Hampshire
Beaches are constantly changing! Forces like storms, ocean currents, and changes in sea level work together to add and remove sand from the beach. Beach profiling is a simple way to track these changes over time. By measuring the contour, or profile, of a beach at regular monthly intervals, we can observe long-term patterns of sand erosion and accretion.
- Coastal Change
- Basic survey equipment
Other
NH
Bristol Bay Residents Taking a Stake in Shoreline Erosion Monitoring
The project worked to increase the scientific capacity of Bristol Bay (AK) Region to collect quantitative measurements of coastal, river, and/or lake erosion to create a quantitative record of shoreline change. This project was active from 2015 – 2018.
- Coastal Change
- Time-lapse cameras
AK
Broward’s High Tides
The project collects images from community members and groups during flooding events and catalogs the circumstances of the flood: high tides/coastal flooding, rainfall/storms/hurricanes, or both. King Tide Kits are available for community groups to borrow to help track and report tidal flooding.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
ArcGIS Survey123
FL
California King Tides
The California King Tides Project helps us visualize future sea level by observing the highest tides of today. You can help by taking and sharing photos of the shoreline during King Tides to create a record of changes to our coast and estuaries.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
ArcGIS Survey123
CA
Catch the Tide, Miami
This project uses a community driven approach to address some of the challenges associated with coastal flooding. In addition to tidal floods, we are also interested in all kinds of naturally occurred flooding including inland floods (hence the #FloodMiami social media presence).
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Anecdata
FL
Coastal Flooding: Storms and Sea Level Rise
The goals of the project are: to collect data to reveal the weather and water level conditions that are associated with localized coastal flooding, collect public opinion on concern and impacts of flooding; and raise awareness of local flooding impacts. Active projects in Belfast, Portand, So. Portland and Vinal Haven (ME), however, the project encourages observations from anywhere in the Gulf of Maine region — Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Storms
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Other
ME
Coastal Flooding: Storms and Sea Level Rise
The goals of the project are: to collect data to reveal the weather and water level conditions that are associated with localized coastal flooding, collect public opinion on concern and impacts of flooding; and raise awareness of local flooding impacts. Active projects in Belfast, Portand, So. Portland and Vinal Haven (ME), however, the project encourages observations from anywhere in the Gulf of Maine region — Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Storms
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Other
ME
Coastal Flooding: Storms and Sea Level Rise
The goals of the project are: to collect data to reveal the weather and water level conditions that are associated with localized coastal flooding, collect public opinion on concern and impacts of flooding; and raise awareness of local flooding impacts. Active projects in Belfast, Portand, So. Portland and Vinal Haven (ME), however, the project encourages observations from anywhere in the Gulf of Maine region — Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Storms
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Other
ME
Coastal Flooding: Storms and Sea Level Rise
The goals of the project are: to collect data to reveal the weather and water level conditions that are associated with localized coastal flooding, collect public opinion on concern and impacts of flooding; and raise awareness of local flooding impacts. Active projects in Belfast, Portand, So. Portland and Vinal Haven (ME), however, the project encourages observations from anywhere in the Gulf of Maine region — Nova Scotia to Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
- Storms
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Other
ME
Coastal Storm Damage
The goal of the project is to document the effect and impact of storm surge damage caused by coastal storms like hurricanes and Nor’easters. This information will help inform state and local recovery efforts.
- Storms
- Photographs
MyCoast
MD
CoastSnap Broadkill Beach
Public access to Broadkill Beach relies on dune crossovers that are vulnerable to erosion during storms due to the proximity of the dune toe to the Bay. CoastSnap contributors help environmental managers to gather “real-time” data on the condition of the beach and add to the existing datasets (optical, elevation, morphological) at this site to enable investigations of long-term shoreline change here.
- Coastal Change
- Photographs
CoastSnap
DE
CoastSnap Herring Point
Using cellphone images submitted by passers-by, CoastSnap allows more frequent monitoring of Herring Point beach erosion, dune sediment and vegetation, and complements the semi-annual surveys collected by DNREC.
- Coastal Change
- Photographs
CoastSnap
DE
CoastSnap Indian River Inlet
Images submitted by the public through the CoastSnap station at Indian River Inlet help DNREC monitor the sand supply and the beach conditions, enabling more informed management decisions.
- Coastal Change
- Photographs
CoastSnap
DE
CoastSnap State Beach MV
CoastSnap harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to record short- and long-term beach erosion and recovery. The station at State Beach in Oak Bluffs enables monitoring of sediment build up in the channel between Vineyard Sound and Sengekontaket Pond.
- Coastal Change
- Photographs
CoastSnap
MA
CoastSnap Town Neck Beach
CoastSnap is a network of simple camera mounts at beaches that invite the public to take a photo and upload it to social media, using a specific hashtag. CoastSnap harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to record short- and long-term beach erosion and recovery. The station at Town Neck beach in Sandwich enables monitoring of a dune restoration project and overall erosion at the site.
- Coastal Change
- Storms
- Photographs
CoastSnap
MA
Community Alliance for Surveying the Topography of Sandy Beaches (CoAST SB)
Volunteers monitor the movement of the shoreline in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, measuring the contour of sandy beaches using a quick and simple beach profiling survey technique. The data collected is provided to USGS to help track changes and callibrate models; local governments use this information for climate adaptation planning.
- Coastal Change
- Basic survey equipment
Other
CA
Crowd Hydrology
Crowdsourced Water Level Data | Using cell phone technology to track water levels across the United States
- Other
- Texting
Other
National
Dune Restoration and Research
The project works to restore and maintain healthy dunes in New Hampshire. Volunteers plant native grasses, install sand fencing, post educational signage, and actively survey the dunes to document sand gains and losses. Volunteers are also active participants in research on dune resilience and restoration methods.
- Coastal Change
- Plantings
Other
NH
Evidence of Intense Storms
The project documents impacts on Mt. Desert Island, ME, of storms including intense precipitation events which are forecast to increase in the future due to climate change. Damage to infrastructure or environment may include: road washouts, erosion of soil or stream banks, flooding, sedimentation, rockfall, etc.
- Storms
- Photographs
Anecdata
ME
FEMA High Water Mark Initative
The purpose of the project is to document high water marks to show previous flooding levels. It is an educational tool that allows people to take photos of high water levels and post them on social media with a hashtag. The program was created by FEMA. Read more about the program at https://www.fema.gov/flood-maps/products-tools/high-water-mark-initiative. Thirty-seven communities participated in a pilot project through Cape Cod Cooperative Extension.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Signs
MA
Flood Watch – NYC
The Community Flood Watch project is a growing network of residents and community groups that report and share resources related to flooding in their communities. Residents submit photographs and reports that document flood event timing, depth, location, and associated impacts. Researchers can use these reports to improve flooding forecasts and alerts.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
NY
Ghosts of the Coast
We are engaging citizen scientists to help document the formation of ghost forests on a larger scale. Their observations will help us better understand where ghost forests are being observed and what these locations have in common.
- Photographs
ArcGIS Survey123
DE, FL, MA, MD, ME, National, NC, NJ, NY, RI, SC, VA
Gulf of Maine King Tides
The Gulf of Maine King Tides Project helps communities in the Northeastern US and Atlantic Canada anticipate impacts from rising sea levels. Join in this international effort to document—via cameras and smart phones—extreme high tides, which will become average water levels in coming years. King Tides images help scientists and planners assess future flood risks and anticipate associated hazards.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Anecdata
MA, ME, NH
Harpswell King Tide Initiative
The Harpswell King Tide project is a citizen science initiative to collect photographic data showing the impact of rising seas on roads, bridges, property, and ecosystems on the highest tides in Harpswell, ME. The goal is to record the impact of the higher tides and storm surge over time.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Anecdata
ME
Hawaii and Pacific Islands King Tides Citizen Science Project
Community scientists add the photos to this free, publicly accessible and crowd-sourced dataset by photographing King Tides at places important to you throughout Hawai‘i and Oceania. Photos, observations, date, time, and location can be submitted through the Hawaiʻi and Pacific Islands King Tides Project web platform, accessible on a smartphone or desktop computer.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Other
HI
High Tide – R.I. MyCoast
The purpose of the project is to visualize the impact of coastal hazards and to enhance awareness among decision-makers and stakeholders by collecting and analyzing pictures and data relating to coastal events
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
RI
High Tide Flooding
High Tide Flooding, also known as nuisance flooding or sunny day flooding and is coastal flooding that occurs at high tide and interrupts day to day activities leading to a public inconvenience such as road closures, and overwhelmed storm drains. Community members upload their high tide flooding images to the Maryland MyCoast portal. Images are used to visualize the impacts of flood events; to enhance awareness among decision-makers and residents of Maryland and to encourage action to reduce flood risks.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
MD
High Water Mark
Project worked to relocate and determine the status and validate the accuracy of the existing HWMs from the Blizzard of 1978. The main initiative focused on the re-survey and/or re-establish locations.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Signs
ME
High Water Mark Signs
Take a photo with a High Water Mark sign and post it to social media using the hashtag #highwatermarknh.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
- Signs
Other
NH
Hudson River Estuary Chronolog
Halfway between the Adirondack Mountains and the Atlantic Ocean, this freshwater tidal shoreline has great biodiversity of fish, birds, and plants. With this citizen science project, we invite visitors to use the Chronolog post to capture images of tide changes, ice advances or retreats, passing ship traffic, and the seasonal invasion of water chestnuts (Trapa natans).
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Chronolog
NY
Interdisciplinary Citizen-based Coastal REmote Sensing for Adaptive Management (IC-CREAM)
IC-CREAM Marquette. An effort to increase resilience; seeks to harness local knowledge and involvement by teaching some community members how to use drones to collect critical information for coastal change monitoring.
- Coastal Change
- Drones
Other
MI
Interdisciplinary Citizen-based Coastal REmote Sensing for Adaptive Management (IC-CREAM)
IC-CREAM Manistique. An effort to increase resilience; seeks to harness local knowledge and involvement by teaching some community members how to use drones to collect critical information for coastal change monitoring.
- Coastal Change
- Drones
Other
MI
Interdisciplinary Citizen-based Coastal REmote Sensing for Adaptive Management (IC-CREAM)
An effort to increase resilience; seeks to harness local knowledge and involvement by teaching some community members how to use drones to collect critical information for coastal change monitoring
- Coastal Change
- Drones
MI
Interdisciplinary Citizen-based Coastal REmote Sensing for Adaptive Management (IC-CREAM)
IC-CREAM Chikaming. An effort to increase resilience; seeks to harness local knowledge and involvement by teaching some community members how to use drones to collect critical information for coastal change monitoring.
- Coastal Change
- Drones
Other
MI
Interdisciplinary Citizen-based Coastal REmote Sensing for Adaptive Management (IC-CREAM)
IC-CREAM Manistee. An effort to increase resilience; seeks to harness local knowledge and involvement by teaching some community members how to use drones to collect critical information for coastal change monitoring.
- Coastal Change
- Drones
Other
MI
Interdisciplinary Citizen-based Coastal REmote Sensing for Adaptive Management (IC-CREAM)
IC-CREAM South Haven. An effort to increase resilience; seeks to harness local knowledge and involvement by teaching some community members how to use drones to collect critical information for coastal change monitoring
- Coastal Change
- Drones
Other
MI
King Tides – Massachusetts
The Massachusetts king tides initiative documents the effect that extreme tide events have on the state’s beaches, coastal waterways, private property, and public infrastructure.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
MA
King Tides – South Carolina
The goal of the SC King Tides Initiative is to document the effect extreme tide events have on our state’s beaches, coastal waterways, private property and public infrastructure.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
SC
King Tides – Washington
Photos submitted by the public through this site are used to characterize beach change and the impact of nearshore hazards in order to enhance awareness among decision-makers and stakeholders.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
WA
Lake Superior High Water Spotter
This project helps document shoreline impacts from water levels on Lake Superior using photos submitted by the public from around Lake Superior to capture shoreline conditions and establish a visual record.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
ArcGIS Survey123
WI
New Jersey High Water
New Jersey MyCoast portal is used to collect and analyze photos of coastal events and places. Photos are linked to data about weather and tides to create reports that help government agencies, business owners, and residents to understand coastal change and make informed decisions
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
NJ
North Carolina King Tides
The project documents extreme high tides using photos to visualize what sea level rise will look like; create record and track changes, understand impacts to local resources. For many living in coastal North Carolina, flooding is a normal part of life. The coast is very flat, and tides, heavy rain events, and even wind play an important role in determining water levels.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Coastal Observer
NC
Oregon King Tides Project
Volunteers for the Oregon King Tides Project photograph the year’s highest tides, known as king tides, to demonstrate current coastal flooding vulnerabilities and to anticipate what will become ordinary tide levels with sea level rise. In fall and winter, CoastWatch and the Oregon Coastal Management Program provide outreach and training.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
ArcGIS Survey123
OR
Picture Post Monitoring – Hampton Falls
Coastal Research Volunteer (CRV) is working with local salt marsh natural areas to install Picture Posts, fixed points from which volunteers regularly take pictures. Photographs taken at these fixed locations build up a long-term record of changes over time. Our Picture Posts in Hampton Falls and Seabrook are part of a nationwide network of Picture Posts, with volunteers all over the country contributing photo data.
- Coastal Change
- Photographs
PicturePost
NH
Picture Post Monitoring – Seabrook
Coastal Research Volunteer (CRV) is working with local salt marsh natural areas to install Picture Posts, fixed points from which volunteers regularly take pictures. Photographs taken at these fixed locations build up a long-term record of changes over time. Our Picture Posts in Hampton Falls and Seabrook are part of a nationwide network of Picture Posts, with volunteers all over the country contributing photo data.
- Coastal Change
- Photographs
PicturePost
NH
Rising Tides Photo Contest
Each year, CAW invites citizens to photograph extreme high tides during its annual photo contest in order to raise awareness of New Hampshire’s rising tides. Photographing high tide flooding gives us a glimpse of what daily water levels could be like in the future.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Other
NH
Salt Marsh Restoration
Local communities cultivate, transplant, and monitor the growth of salt marsh smooth cordgrass to restore Charleston area salt marshes.
- Coastal Change
- Plantings
Anecdata
SC
SeaRise
Public contributes photos and data to inform a coordinated strategy to ensure communities are resilient to severe weather events, storm surge, and changing ocean conditions. Our collective efforts will aid in wildlife conservation and habitat protection. Photos and data on flooding inform a coordinated strategy to ensure South Carolina’s communities are resilient to severe weather events, storm surge, and changing ocean conditions.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
Anecdata
SC
Sensing Storm Surge in 3 Maine Estuaries
Individuals maintain a water level logger is moored at a waterfront field site. Community members visit the sites monthly to download the data, which are then uploaded to the project website. The goals is to observe, document, and map storm surge events in Bass Harbor, the Penobscot River, Southwest Harbor and the Bagaduce River.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Water level logger
Other
ME
Southern Maine Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program – So. Portland
The Southern Maine Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program is a unique collaboration among local volunteers, participating municipalities, and scientists, resulting in over 20 years of critical data on the status of one of Maine’s most vital and valuable natural resources. Data is used to inform beach management decisions; to monitor the success of management programs.
- Coastal Change
- Basic survey equipment
Other
ME
Southern Maine Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program – York
The Southern Maine Volunteer Beach Profile Monitoring Program is a unique collaboration among local volunteers, participating municipalities, and scientists, resulting in over 20 years of critical data on the status of one of Maine’s most vital and valuable natural resources. Data is used to inform beach management decisions; to monitor the success of management programs.
- Coastal Change
- Basic survey equipment
ME
Storm Reporter – Maryland
A portal to collect and analyze pictures and data relating to flooding caused by precipitation or coastal events. Information collected through this site is used to visualize the impacts of flood events; to enhance awareness among decision-makers and residents of Maryland and to encourage action to reduce flood risks.
- Storms
- Photographs
MyCoast
MD
Storm Reporter – Massachusetts
Tools used by the Massachusetts Rapid Response Coastal Storm Damage Assessment Team to promote rapid delivery and archival of coastal storm damage observations to calibrate National Weather Service erosion models.
- Storms
- Photographs
MyCoast
MA
Storm Reporter – Rhode Island
MyCoast RI is an effort to bolster community stewardship of changing shorelines, monitor shoreline change, increase awareness, support local-level and state government impacts planning, and leverage cooperative resilience initiatives.
- Storms
- Photographs
MyCoast
RI
Storm Surge Washington
Information collected through this site is used to characterize beach change and the impact of nearshore hazards in order to enhance awareness among decision-makers and stakeholders.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
WA
Storm Witness
South Carolina Storm Witness facilitates communication and beachfront damage assessment information among coastal municipalities and state coastal resource managers. Damage assessment information collected through the system enables DHEC to efficiently analyze post-storm beach conditions and expedite recovery activities, including permitting and other regulatory decisions.
- Coastal Change
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
MyCoast
SC
Suwannee River Water Level Monitoring
The public helps the Suwannee River (FL) Water Management District monitor water levels via text messaging at four sites: Wacissa River, Peacock Spring, Crosby Lake, Hampton Lake.
- Other
- Signs
- Texting
Other
FL
Take a Beach Photo – Washington
Information collected through this site is used to characterize beach change and the impact of nearshore hazards in order to enhance awareness among decision-makers and stakeholders.
- Coastal Change
- Photographs
MyCoast
WA
Urban Tides Initiative
The Urban Tides Program invites individuals to take photos of the Southern California coast during extreme tide events to document the changing shoreline and any impacts on beaches or nearby communities. Extreme tides, particularly king tides, can help us identify current flooding hotspots and visualize what future sea level rise will look like for our coastline. Photos of these events help fill gaps in documenting coastal issues as well as identify areas of concern to assist in local planning and policy efforts.
- Water Levels including King Tides
- Photographs
ArcGIS Survey123
CA
Wetlands Watch
Wetlands Watch works with state and federal policy advocacy and grass roots education and activism to influence local government land use and regulatory decisions. To monitor flooding in the wetlands, the group created and uses a phone app that collects crowdsourced information about flooding and king tides. The app is available for anyone to use, and this group focuses on Virginia. Provides detailed information about where flooding is happening on the street level to flood modelers, emergency managers, planners, as well as a special relationship with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science to help their work on their Storm Sense…
- Coastal Change
- Water Levels including King Tides
- GPS points
Sea Level Rise
VA