Abstract
Mapping Storm Water Runoff Using GPS and GIS
Track: Community Projects and Partnerships
Author(s): Ryan Kelly
This document will show how both GPS technology and a GIS were used in tandem to map the area surrounding the culvert of an urban creek where two University of Kentucky students were swept away by floodwaters generated by heavy rainfall. Students at Bluegrass Community and Technical College mapped impermeable and permeable surfaces surrounding the creek and superimposed the data on a Digital Elevation Model of central Lexington to determine whether the surrounding urban topography played a critical role in spawning the fatal flood. The data created by this project was shared with Kentucky Water Watch and Friends of Wolf Run, a local community activist organization that has been instrumental in making recommendations to both the city of Lexington and the University of Kentucky to initiate modifications on the current urban drainage infrastructure.
Ryan Kelly
Bluegrass Community & Technical College
Geography and GIS
Bluegrass Community & Technical College
226 Moloney Building
Lexington , KY 40506-0235
US
Phone: (859) 246-6328
E-mail: ryan.kelly@kctcs.edu