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Change Over Time – Flooding on the Landscape (NW Iowa)

By iowaviewAugust 24, 2022Education, Environmental Change, Imagery, Landsat Golden Jubilee, Observation, Remote Sensing#Landsat50, 1990, 1993, 2008, 2022, Barringer Slough, Clay County, Des Moines River, drought recovery, Emmetsburg, flooding, Flooding on the Landscape, heavy flooding, Iowa, Landsat Golden Jubilee, Little Sioux River, Lost Island Lake, NW Iowa, Palo Alto, Remote sensing, Spencer, Trumball Lake

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Today’s image shows an area in northwest Iowa between Spencer (Clay County) and Emmetsburg (Palo Alto County). The two images on the left are showing water levels in 1990 (typical year) and 2022 (recovering from a drought) compared to 1993 (heavy flooding) and 2008 (flooding). Notice the swollen streambanks and flooding along water bodies in the right images.

This year we are celebrating 50 years of the Landsat earth observing satellite mission. Landsat data helps us observe changes in our communities and environment over time.

New LiDAR available for North Central Iowa on the ISU Orthoserver

By iowaviewDecember 20, 2021Activity, Imagery, Iowa Geographic Map Server2020 LiDAR, Cerro Gordo, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Hancock, Howard, Iowa Geographic Map Server, Kossuth, Mitchell, North Central Iowa, Osceola, Palo Alto, Using Iowa Orthoserver, Winnebago, Worth

Web services providing 2020 LiDAR for more of the state have been published. To date about 28 counties have been completed.

https://arcg.is/1PfriS

Iowa Absentee Voter Return Map

By iowaviewOctober 21, 2020Education, Map, OutreachAdair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, blue, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clarke, Clay, Clayton, Clinton, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Delaware, Democrat, Des Moines, Dickinson, Dubuque, Emmet, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Fremon, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Howard, Humboldt, Ida, Iowa, Iowa absentee ballots, Iowa Absentee Voter Return Map, Iowa Counties, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Kossuth, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Lucas, Lyon, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Mills, Mitchell, Monona, Monroe, Montgomery, Muscatine, Osceola, Page, Palo Alto, percentage of absentee ballots returned by party in Iowa, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Polk, Pottawattamie, Poweshiek, purple, Red, Republican, Returned absentee ballots, Ringgold, Sac, Scott, Shelby, Sioux, Story, Tama, Taylor, Union, Van Buren, Wapello, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Woodbury, Worth, Wright

Happy Wednesday! Here is a map from the Iowa State University Extension Community and Economic Development showing the percent of absentee ballots returned in Iowa by county. There is also a layer that shows percentage of absentee ballots returned by party. This map will be updated regularly as we move towards the election.

https://isugisf.maps.arcgis.com/apps/View/index.html?appid=10a34b747f0f409a8c613ff869c933c9

Tag Archives: Palo Alto

Change Over Time – Flooding on the Landscape (NW Iowa)

New LiDAR available for North Central Iowa on the ISU Orthoserver

Iowa Absentee Voter Return Map