Data Insights: Hydrography Data for Scotland, England & Wales
OVERVIEW:
Hydrography data for Scotland England & Wales have been added to the Land Hawk platform for use in Sitefinder when assessing flood risk and impact.
WHAT DATASETS HAVE BEEN ADDED / UPDATED?
● Flood Alert Areas (England)
● Flood Alert Areas (Wales)
● Flood Defenses (England)
● Flood Storage Areas (England)
● Flood Storage Areas (Wales)
● Flood Zone1 Low Risk Coastal Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone1 Low Risk River Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone1 Low Risk SurfaceWater Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone2 Medium Risk Coastal Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone2 Medium Risk River Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone2 Medium Risk SurfaceWater Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone2 River (Wales)
● Flood Zone2 Rivers (England)
● Flood Zone2 Seas (England)
● Flood Zone2 Seas (Wales)
● Flood Zone2 SurfaceWater (Wales)
● Flood Zone3 High Risk Coastal Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone3 High Risk River Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone3 High Risk SurfaceWater Areas (Scotland)
● Flood Zone3 River (England)
● Flood Zone3 River (Wales)
● Flood Zone3 Sea (England)
WHY HAVE THESE DATA BEEN ADDED?
We have now segmented our Flood Risk data to cover surface, sea/coastal and river water to further enhance our hydrography data for Scotland England & Wales.
Prior to this, the UK data was merged together so it is now easier to visualise per country. It also helps the user to see the difference in risk between types of water as the risk of flooding from sea water is subject to salt erosion.
The data has been split into types such as ‘Flood Zone 2 for Rivers’ and Flood Zone 3 for River Areas’ so that risk can be clearly understood and used contiguously across countries.
In Scotland, our flood data is split according to the causes and shows low, medium and high risk for each flood zone.
WHO WILL BENEFIT?
As with most datasets accessed through LandHawk, all users will have full access to the new Environmental data for Scotland.
They will be of particular interest to those working on development projects including housing, renewable energy sites or infrastructure projects across mainland UK.
HOW OFTEN ARE THE DATA UPDATED?
Our Flood Risk data are updated on LandHawk monthly.
To learn more about how these data were created, or to explore how we might create bespoke geospatial datasets for you, please contact geospatialdata@landhawk.uk