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#209 - Risk Assessment for Flood Risk Management Studies (FY23)
Administrative Information
Course Coordinator: Richard Nugent
Date: 27 Feb - 3 Mar 2023
Location: USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center, Davis, CA
FY23 Course Administrative Documents
Course Overview
This course presents risk assessment methods and concepts, many of which are required by Corps guidance. The objective is to enable participants to readily adapt these methods and concepts to their own studies and projects after successfully completing the course. Policy issues, concepts in statistical analysis, and risk and uncertainty methods used in the evaluation of flood risk management projects are emphasized in the course. Course workshops provide participants with the opportunity to apply the course's concepts using the Hydrologic Engineering Center Flood Damage Reduction Analysis (HEC-FDA) software program.
Note: For the first time, the FY23 workshops will feature HEC-FDA Version 2.0 pre-release software.
Getting Help
Please navigate to the HEC-FDA category on HEC Discourse for user support on HEC-FDA and for help with the content on this page.
Course Instructors and Instructor Biographies
Select an instructor's name to download their biography.
Course Content
Course Software
This course will use the following software.
- Microsoft Excel
- HEC-FDA Version 2.0 (pre-release). Software is available for download from the All HEC-FDA 2.0 Workshop Files page.
Downloadable Course Materials
The provided links allow students to download a copy of the course agenda, lecture presentations, and workshop materials. We will continue to upload 2023 class materials as they become available.
- FY23 Slides
- FY23 Reading Assignments
- Workshop Data and Software: Review the All HEC-FDA 2.0 Workshop Files page.
Lectures
In previous years the Course Manual was printed and provided to the students upon arriving in the classroom in Davis, CA. However, in response to end-of-course student critiques and reducing HEC's carbon footprint, printed course manuals are no longer provided to students. If printed lectures slides are desired (e.g., for notetaking purposes), students are encouraged to print and bring their own copy to class. Lecture presentations can be downloaded in advance of the first day of class by clicking the link provided in the Downloadable Course Materials section of this page.
Workshops
In order to complete workshops the HEC-FDA Version 2.0 pre-release software will be required. Computers in the classroom are provided for the students to work in groups to complete the course workshops, or you can copy the files (software and starting projects) to your laptop and perform the workshops there.
The workshop instructions are provided online. Please select the desired workshop link below. Each workshop instruction page contains the starting workshop zipped project and required data files. The workshop instructions, supporting materials and starting HEC-FDA projects are also provided in the Downloadable Course Materials section.
All files needed for completing the workshops can be downloaded from the individual pages identified in the table. HEC-FDA pre-release Version 2.0 will be used in this class. Select the appropriate workshop to obtain copies of the starting workshop project, datafiles required for the workshop and the workshop solution watershed. (Note: solution watersheds will be made available at a later time).
| Title | Last Updated | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| All HEC-FDA 2.0 Workshop Files | Last Modified: 2023-03-01 11:53:38.411 | Location for sharing HEC-FDA software and all workshop files for selectable downloads. Note, workshop solution files will be made available at a later time. |
| FY24 All HEC-FDA 2.0 Lecture Materials | Last Modified: 2024-02-27 10:00:48.039 | Location for sharing HEC-FDA software and all workshop files for selectable downloads. Note, workshop solution files will be made available at a later time. |
| FY24 All HEC-FDA 2.0 Workshop Files | Last Modified: 2024-01-05 11:07:23.064 | Location for sharing HEC-FDA software and all workshop files for selectable downloads. Note, workshop solution files will be made available at a later time. |
| FY24 HEC-FDA Example Study Data | Last Modified: 2024-02-15 12:26:00.25 | The purpose of this page is to provide a detailed list of the elements in the example study data and link to download the example dataset. The example data used in the HEC-FDA Version 2.0 Workshops is the same example study data provided in the HEC-FDA Version 2.0 Quick Start Guide (with one exception, Workshop 5). |
| HEC-FDA Example Study Data | Last Modified: 2024-01-05 11:08:59.904 | The purpose of this page is to provide a detailed list of the elements in the example study data and link to download the example dataset. The example data used in the HEC-FDA Version 2.0 Workshops is the same example study data provided in the HEC-FDA Version 2.0 Quick Start Guide (with one exception, Workshop 5). |
| HEC-FDA Workshop 1 | Last Modified: 2024-01-22 12:45:28.467 | In this hands-on workshop participants get introduced to HEC-FDA Version 2.0 to define a new study, provide study information, and input study data (terrain, impact area set) for the Muncie study. |
| HEC-FDA Workshop 2 | Last Modified: 2024-01-18 09:17:16.886 | Introduction to HEC-FDA Version 2.0 to familiarize students with entering data for defining exceedance-probability and stage-discharge functions, and associated uncertainties. This workshop pertains to the Hydraulic data and frequency functions. |
| HEC-FDA Workshop 3 | Last Modified: 2023-03-01 08:23:53.659 | In this hands-on workshop participants use their previously generated HEC-FDA study files to compute and evaluate stage-damage relationships. |
| HEC-FDA Workshop 4 | Last Modified: 2023-03-01 14:16:12.38 | In this hands-on workshop participants use their previously generated HEC-FDA study files to perform a without-project analysis for the Muncie, Indiana example study, including the computation and evaluation of expected annual damage and average annual equivalent damage. |
| HEC-FDA Workshop 5 | Last Modified: 2024-02-29 09:06:47.227 | In this hands-on workshop participants use their previously generated HEC-FDA study files to evaluate the economic feasibility and project performance of various levee alternatives. Participants recommend the “best" alternative. |
| HEC-FDA Workshop 6 | Last Modified: 2023-03-03 11:53:08.648 | In this hands-on workshop participants use their previously generated HEC-FDA study files to formulate and evaluate flood risk management for the Muncie, Indiana study area. The workshop emphasizes formulation and evaluation of several flood risk management plans including levee only, detention only, nonstructural measures only, joint detention and levee, levee and nonstructural, and detention and nonstructural plans (or scenarios). |
Reading Assignments
Course Modules
The below table organizes all FY2023 course content for the PROSPECT 209 course on Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction Studies.
| Module Name | Module Instructor | Module Content |
|---|---|---|
| Risk Assessment and Risk Management | Chris Bouquot | Slides |
| Engineering for Non-Engineers | Brennan Beam and David Ho | |
| Economics for Non-Economists | Richard Nugent | Slides |
| FRM-PCX | Jesse Morill-Winter | Slides |
| Basic Probability and Statistics | Beth Faber | Demos |
| Flood Risk Assessment | Richard Nugent | Slides |
| Workshop: Using the HEC-FDA Program | Julia Slaughter | Instructions |
| Background Policy and Regulations for Risk Analysis | Chris Dunn | Slides |
| Incorporating Uncertainty into the Expected Annual Damage Computation | Beth Faber | |
| Uncertainty in Exceedance Probability Functions | Beth Faber | |
| Stage-Discharge Relationship Uncertainty | Cameron Ackerman | Slides |
| Workshop: Hydrologic and Hydraulic Uncertainties | Julia Slaughter | |
| Stage-Damage Relationship Uncertainty Derivation | Kurt Keilman | Slides |
| Workshop: Stage-Damage Uncertainty | Julia Slaughter | |
| Project Formulation and Evaluation Using Risk Assessment | Chris Dunn | Slides |
| Workshop: Without-Project Conditions | Julia Slaughter | |
| Project Performance and Geotechnical Analysis | Brian Hubel | Slides |
| Case Study: Southwest Coastal Louisiana Feasibility Study | Brian Maestri | Slides |
| Workshop: Levee Assessment | Julia Slaughter | |
| The RMC and Life Safety | Woodrow Fields | Slides |
| HEC-FDA Limitations and Practical Considerations | Jordan Lucas | Slides |
| HEC-WAT and the FRA Compute | Lea Adams | |
| Case Study: Coastal Texas Evaluation | Brian Maestri | Slides |
| Modeling FRM Measures | Jordan Lucas | |
| Workshop: Plan Formulation | Julia Slaughter | |
| Case Study: Lower Sacramento River | Steve Cowdin and Nathan Pingel |
Bonus Material
| Module Name | YouTube Videos | Course Content | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effect of Deposition on Stochastic Water Surface Elevation Uncertainty | Full Lecture | Slides | Stan Gibson |
References and Additional Resources
- HEC-FDA User Documentation
- HEC-FDA Quick Start Guides
- HEC-FDA User Manual
- HEC-FDA Release Notes
- HEC-FDA category on HEC Discourse
- HEC GitHub for HEC-FDA
- Tutorial: Version 1.4.3 to Version 2.0 Study Conversion