Nepal Flood 2026 Flood Affected Area, Bhote Koshi and Trishuli

OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps vector layers for the observed 27 August 2026 flood extent and a 200 m surrounding margin, with response mapping and selected field-reported information.

Status
Included
Provider
Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT)
Resource type
Mixed Collection
Evidence class
Mixed

Completed catalogue assessment

Eligibility decision
Include · Included Resource
Assessment date
28 September 2026
Decision reason
All 74 original child URLs match the original HOT HDX resource list and their public native bodies or file headers were assessed. The footprint uses a 27 August interpreted flood-affected area plus a 200 m buffer. Included OSM/Overture features are inventories in that area, not automatically flooded or structurally damaged features. Formats are alternate distributions of the same thematic layers; current mutable files were assessed on 28 September, not frozen as of the search cutoff.
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Identity and coverage

Catalogue identifier
res-0fecb5dd-93e9-5dfd-8ac0-15a9bcd2a1a9
Persistent identifier
bdf5a5c1-d0c1-4a52-8e3e-80ea718791c3
Resource version
Mutable daily HDX export; metadata state observed 3 September 2026
Publication date
26 August 2026
Last updated
3 September 2026
Metadata reviewed
28 September 2026
Language
English
Geographic coverage
Bhote Koshi, Trishuli, and downstream river corridor from Rasuwagadhi to the Narayani confluence across Bagmati and Gandaki Provinces.
Bounding box (WGS 84)
[84.411824,27.7216325,85.4306907,28.3305113]
Temporal coverage
27 August 2026 to 3 September 2026; Mixed
Themes
Flood Extent, Infrastructure, Exposure, Response Mapping, Field Reports, Baseline Geography

Method and provenance

Production method
The 27 August observed flood extent was interpreted from drone, Landsat, PlanetScope, and Sentinel imagery and widened by 200 m to define the extraction area. Vector layers were assembled from OpenStreetMap, Overture Maps, Tasking Manager data, and selected volunteer field reports.
Provenance
Published by HOT through HDX. Component layers identify OpenStreetMap, Overture Maps, HOT Tasking Manager, NAXA, or volunteer field reporting as applicable upstream sources.
Validation
Unclear
Uncertainty
The flood boundary is an image interpretation for one date, while water levels changed during the event. OpenStreetMap coverage changes with volunteer activity, and Overture combines multiple upstream sources, including machine-generated data.
Limitations
The 200 m margin is contextual and is not evidence that every enclosed feature was flooded or damaged. Component layers have different currency, completeness, and provenance.

Access and reuse

Access
Direct Open; open access route
Licence
Open Database License (ODbL 1.0); licence evidence
Redistribution
Permitted Under Stated Package Licence
Catalogue status
Included

Assets

23 asset groups (74 files and endpoints)

Authoritative metadata sources

Spatial extent

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Recorded bounding box