2020 FEMA HQ Lidar Elevation Data

During 2020 UGRC, the Utah Division of Emergency Management, the Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS), the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) acquired ~13,686 square miles of 2 and 8 points per meter Quality Level 1 & 2 LiDAR of portions Utah. The .5 and 1 meter resolution bare earth DEMs in .tif format have a 10.0cm vertical RMSE accuracy and are available for download. The LAS point clouds are available from The National Map. This elevation data was collected between August and November, 2020.

• Retrieve 2020 Bare Earth DTMs via Interactive Map
• Download project Reports and Metadata
• Download shapefiles of project area, tile indices, and breaklines

The naming convention for the tiles are based off the U.S. National Grid (USNG).

This elevation data has a UTM NAD83 (2011) zone 12 north meters NAVD88(GEOID12) projection.

Comments, questions, compliments, or concerns can be directed to Rick Kelson from UGRC at RKelson@utah.gov.