Global Active Archive of Large Flood Events (Dartmouth Flood Observatory)
Dartmouth Flood Observatory, University of Colorado
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial
- Yes
- Format
- Several
- Coverage
- Global
- Last updated
- Added to findgis 2 Nov 2026 · Update frequency Irregular
More than 5,000 large floods since 1985 with dates, causes, deaths, displaced people and affected-area outlines compiled from news, government and satellite sources.
Source and attribution
- Publisher
- Dartmouth Flood Observatory, University of Colorado
- License
- Public domain
- Commercial use
- Yes
- Attribution required
- No
- Modification allowed
- Yes
- Redistribution allowed
- Yes
- Share-alike
- No
- Region
- Global
- Type
- Vector
- Time
- 1985-01-01 onward
- Extent
- -180-9018090West, south, east, north. Approximate region extent.
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