Summary:

The USGS Flood Inundation Mapping (FIM) Program helps communities protect lives and property by providing tools and information to help them understand their local flood risks and make cost-effective mitigation decisions. Flood-inundation map libraries are presented online to use during an emergency for decision making and communication of flood risk.

Biography:

Julia Prokopec is a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Water Science Center in Mounds View, Minnesota. She began as a student in 2011 at the Michigan Water Science Center in Lansing, Michigan as a student hydrologic technician. She received her A.S. in Watershed Science from Vermilion Community College in 2012, and her B.S. in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Geohydrology from Bemidji State in 2014. Julia has worked on projects studying groundwater and surface water interaction, persistence of pesticides in groundwater and surface water, and water quality monitoring. Her focus is hydraulic modeling and flood-inundation mapping where she has led studies to be used by communities for hazard mitigation.