Tuesday, June 30, 2009







Every year I dissect the Idaho Fish and Game Regulations and Harvest Reports to increase my chances of finding that elusive mature Idaho Mulley. The map above shows all of Idaho’s Game Management Units (GMU). The Idaho Fish and Game has a majority of the information available on their website for downloading. I took the opportunity to import the Idaho Fish and Game data into a GIS environment and applied a weighted analysis to see what results I would get in determining a unit that has the potential to produce a good mature buck

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

HAZUS MH

This is a Discharge Flood scenario created using HAZUS MH along what I believe to be Little Sugar Creek. Area included contains 73 square miles, 2,821 census blocks, 54,873 residential buildings and a total of 63,883 buildings. It is estimated that 278 households will be displaced and 584 people will need Short Term Shelter. Economic Losses to Residential Property is estimated to be 31.0 million dollars with Total Property Losses at 104.8 million dollars.



This is a Return Period Flood scenario created using HAZUS MH along what I believe to be Irwin Creek. Area included contains 73 square miles, 2,821 census blocks, 54,873 residential buildings and a total of 63,883 buildings. It is estimated that 178 households will be displaced and 457 people will need Short Term Shelter. Economic Losses to Residential Property is estimated to be 9.4 million dollars with Total Property Losses at 22.97 million dollars.










This scenario included 39 square miles, 1,978 Census Blocks and 34,170 Residential Buildings. It is estimated that 814 households will be displaced and 1,889 people will need Short Term Shelter. Economic Losses to Residential Property is estimated to be 58 million dollars with Total Property Losses at 127 million dollars.