USDA/NASS Disaster Analysis Web Page https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Disaster-Analysis/index.php Synopsis Event: Hurricane Fiona - September 2022 Last Updated: October 3, 2022 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- File: September2022_Hurricane_Fiona_Report.pdf Description: Hurricane Fiona was a powerful hurricane that caused widespread damage over portions of the Caribbean and Eastern Canada in mid-September 2022. It made landfall in Puerto Rico on September 16, 2022. The United States Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) responded to inquiries regarding damage to agricultural land in Puerto Rico. Analysis was completed using several data products, including Sentinel-1A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data dated September 19-26, 2022. PlanetScope images acquired before and after the event and FEMA WAZE Alert for Puerto Rico Public data were used for validation. For this event, inundation raster files for the areas of interest are included for download. -------------------- Inundation Data Raster Zip File: PuertoRico_Inundation_Raster_20220929.zip Inundation derived from Sentinel-1A Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data dated September 19-26, 2022. Value 0 = NoData Value 1 = No Inundation Value 2 = Inundated Other Land Value 3 = Inundated Cropland -------------------- Validation Data Reported weather hazards due to flooding between 9/18/2022 and 9/28/2022 were downloaded from FEMA WAZE Alerts for Puerto Rico public web map application. Pre and post disaster imagery included PlanetScope Surface reflectance - 4 band scenes captured in late August through late September 2022 (8/29, 9/2, 9/8 - 9/10, 9/12 - 9/14, 9/21 - 9/25). -------------------- Land Cover Inputs USDA NASS 2022 Puerto Rico Area Frame Stratum 10 = >25% cultivated -------------------- Official NASS Estimates 2017 Census of Agriculture: Puerto Rico (2018) Island and Regional Data issued in June 2020. Table 2: Farms, Land in Farms, and Land Use: 2018 and 2012 (page 23) Obtained From: https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/Full_Report/Outlying_Areas/Puerto_Rico/prv1.pdf -------------------- Processing Software Hexagon ERDAS Imagine 2018 http://www.hexagongeospatial.com/ Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1 http://www.esri.com/ --------------------