Historic - Flood Susceptibility Mapping

This series of historic flood susceptibility maps comes from an XGBboost machine learning model trained on major floods from 2005 to 2023. The trained model is then run for each year from 2000 to 2023, including unique temporal characteristics of temperature, precipitation, land use land cover and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), to predict the flood susceptibility of any given year.

This dataset forms part of a broader collection of flood susceptibility datasets, offering related information and analyses. The collection includes an overview page with associated publications, historic susceptibility values, temporal trends, and future projections.

- [Collection – Flood Susceptibility Mapping]( https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/1074f781-85d3-4c86-86cb-fd1c339197dc )

- [Trends and Extremes – Flood Susceptibility Mapping]( https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/3202e0a0-0afb-4120-b102-b0c41f0fb9eb )

- [Future - Flood Susceptibility Mapping]( https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/c00f95a3-7bab-4d28-b9cc-b30f06b5afd2 )

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Date ( RI_366 )
2026-03
Date ( RI_367 )
2026-03
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Geoscience and Earth Monitoring Sector (GEMS)/Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation/GeoBase - GeoInfo
Purpose
The purpose of this dataset is to provide annual historic flood susceptibility estimates using a machine‑learning model trained on major floods from 2005–2023. The XGBoost model is applied to each year from 2000–2023, incorporating year‑specific temperature, precipitation, land‑use/land‑cover (LULC), and NDVI conditions to generate a consistent, data‑driven estimate of flood susceptibility for any given year. Each annual map can be reviewed on its own or used as input for custom analyses, trend assessments, or comparative studies.
Credit
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS)/Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO), Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
annually; annuel RI_539
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • flood susceptibility
  • flood likelihood
  • flood screening
  • historical data
  • dépistage des zones inondables
Keywords ( RI_525 )
  • Mid-latitude
  • Western Hemisphere
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • North America
  • Canada
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Earth sciences
  • Surface water
  • Geographical maps
  • Floods
  • Hydrology
  • Water management
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Geoscientific information
  • Inland waters
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Begin date
2000
End date
2023
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Reference system identifier
https://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3979 /

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Distribution format
  • COG ( Unknown )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Geoscience and Earth Monitoring Sector (GEMS)/Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation/GeoBase - GeoInfo
OnLine resource
Scientific Publication ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) browser ( HTTPS )

Application;HTML;zxx

OnLine resource
SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) Application Programming Interface (API) ( HTTPS )

API;JSON;eng

OnLine resource
Cartes de susceptibilité aux inondations – Historique (modélisées à partir des observations historiques) – 30 m ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Flood Susceptibility Maps – Historic (modelled based on historic observations) - 30 m ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

File identifier
ea1384df-bf4a-4743-97bb-870dc43f8d77 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Parent identifier
Collection - Flood Susceptibility Mapping 1074f781-85d3-4c86-86cb-fd1c339197dc
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2026-04-23T10:34:42
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Natural Resources Canada;Geoscience and Earth Monitoring Sector (GEMS)/Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation/GeoBase - GeoInfo
 
 

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