Lake Bistineau Flood Map Files

Heavy rainfall occurred across Louisiana during March 8-19, 2016, as a result of a massive, slow-moving southward dip in the jet stream, which moved eastward across Mexico, then neared the Gulf Coast, funneling deep tropical moisture into parts of the Gulf States and the Mississippi River Valley. The storm caused major flooding in north-central and southeastern Louisiana. Digital flood-inundation maps for a 20.1-mile reach within the community of Minden near Lake Bistineau in Bossier Parish and Bienville Parish, LA was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support response and recovery operations following a March 8-19, 2016 flood event. The inundation maps depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to 5 high-water marks (HWM) identified and surveyed by the USGS following the flood event.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
bureauCode {010:12}
catalog_@context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier USGS:583c3457e4b0d9329c80c243
metadata_type geospatial
modified 20200821
old-spatial -93.44971299, 32.318944146, -93.30137587, 32.551086978
publisher U.S. Geological Survey
publisher_hierarchy Department of the Interior > U.S. Geological Survey
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 36ae35f5bb4c4ab2b54b5617577a3265ce70a1b9
source_schema_version 1.1
spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-93.44971299, 32.318944146], [-93.44971299, 32.551086978], [ -93.30137587, 32.551086978], [ -93.30137587, 32.318944146], [-93.44971299, 32.318944146]]]}
theme {geospatial}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • bienville-parish
  • bossier-parish
  • ckan
  • flood
  • flood-inundation-maps
  • geo
  • geospatial-analysis
  • geoss
  • lake-bistineau
  • loggy-bayou
  • louisiana
  • minden
  • national
  • north-america
  • river-stream
  • united-states
  • usgs-583c3457e4b0d9329c80c243
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer Brian K Breaker
maintainer_email bbreaker@usgs.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T12:15:21.495337
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T12:15:21.495342
notes Heavy rainfall occurred across Louisiana during March 8-19, 2016, as a result of a massive, slow-moving southward dip in the jet stream, which moved eastward across Mexico, then neared the Gulf Coast, funneling deep tropical moisture into parts of the Gulf States and the Mississippi River Valley. The storm caused major flooding in north-central and southeastern Louisiana. Digital flood-inundation maps for a 20.1-mile reach within the community of Minden near Lake Bistineau in Bossier Parish and Bienville Parish, LA was created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to support response and recovery operations following a March 8-19, 2016 flood event. The inundation maps depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to 5 high-water marks (HWM) identified and surveyed by the USGS following the flood event.
num_resources 2
num_tags 19
title Lake Bistineau Flood Map Files