Village Flood Maps

The storm of October 1963 is the most severe storm to hit Barrow in recorded history. Winds with gusts of up to 75 miles per hour blew across an ice-free ocean causing wave heights estimated at 10 feet to develop on a storm surge of 11 to 12 feet. Considerable coastal damage occurred.

We currently have flood maps for Barrow and Browerville. They are based upon this storm because it demonstrated that a storm surge of up to 12 feet is possible. These maps show the areas of Barrow and Browerville that would be flooded if the sea level rose to an elevation of 12 feet above mean sea level. These maps, however, do not show areas that would be inundated by seawater due to wave action.

In the future we intend to make available similar flood maps of other North Slope coastal villages.

These maps are provided as JPEG files and as PDF files.

- Small-size JPEG files
- Medium-size JPEG files
- Full-size PDF files

(171 kb)	(684 kb)	(1,011 kb)	1. Barrow flood map
(164 kb)	(1,146 kb)	(1,459 kb)	2. Browerville flood map

Last updated June 22, 2007

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