MyCoast Pilot Communities

Abstract

Maryland’s MyCoast Program is a strategic effort to anticipate and assess the impacts of flooding events across the state. MyCoast is a National program with the mission to document tides, storm damage, beach cleanups, nuisance flooding and more to allow decision makers, emergency managers, and others to use public reports to make better decisions. MyCoast: Maryland, “is a portal to collect and analyze pictures and data relating to flooding caused by precipitation or coastal events. In Maryland, this is a project supervised by the Chesapeake & Coastal Service and Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR).

To enhance this project’s reach in relevant locales, we set out to discern which communities in the state are most at risk for negative flooding effects. Our partner, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, asked that the project inform their roll-out of the MyCoast program in Maryland, and make sure that they reached the communities that are most at risk for flooding and might be the least able to reach those in power for assistance.