Tools | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Tools are available to help you manage your climate-related risks and opportunities, and to help guide you in building resilience to extreme events. Browse the list below, or filter by topic and/or tool functionality in the boxes above. To expand your results, click the Clear Filters link.

Adapting Stormwater Management for Coastal Floods

Community members can explore how past and future flooding can affect their stormwater systems and generate a report to inform planning efforts.

AdaptMap Jamaica Bay

This online mapping tool for New York's Jamaica Bay allows users to compare and contrast historical, present day, and potential future landscapes against an array of sea level and storm tide scenarios.

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AdaptWest Climate Adaptation Planning Database

Planners can access data and detailed information for much of North America to compare conservation approaches and inform planning.

Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service

This comprehensive suite of graphical forecast products shows a range of information on current and projected river levels for almost 4,000 stations in the contiguous United States.

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Alaska Coastal Change Viewer

Alaskan residents and land managers can use this viewer to explore the extent and rate of coastal change.

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Aquatic Connectivity Assessment and Prioritization Tool

Users in the North Atlantic—from Maine to West Virginia—can access this database and these tools to help identify bridges and culverts that impede aquatic connectivity.

Bioenergy Knowledge Discovery Framework

Access datasets, publications, and models that support development of a bioenergy industry for the United States from this comprehensive resource. Use the site's map interface to visualize, analyze, download, and/or export geospatial data.

Biopower Atlas

Compare and analyze biomass feedstocks, biopower infrastructure, and environmental impacts in the United States on this interactive map. Zoom to a region or state and conduct a range of simple analyses with selected data.

Cal-Adapt

California residents and city and county planners can identify potential climate change risks in specific areas throughout the state and access easy-to-understand resources for local planning efforts.

Chucktown Floods: Adapting to Flooding in Charleston

Local resources to help people monitor and adapt to flooding in the Lowcountry of Charleston County, South Carolina.

Climate at a Glance

Generate graphs and maps of monthly temperature and precipitation values, ranks, and anomalies for the globe, contiguous U.S., states, climate divisions, and selected cities.

Climate Change Pressures in the 21st Century

This Story Map features three metrics that influence plant growth and survival and displays mapped projections of change throughout the century for the conterminous United States.

Climate4Cities

This project by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln supported municipal climate adaptation in the Missouri River Basin. The project website hosts climate reports for 11 Midwestern cities and and an online data explorer for 10 states across middle America.

Coastal Resilience Decision Support System

Coastal residents and planners use this suite of GIS-based tools to visualize flood risks from sea level rise and storm surge and identify areas and populations at risk.

Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool (CREST)

Planners and natural resource managers can use this web tool to make informed decisions about the siting of restoration and resilience projects.

Coastal Risk Screening Tool

Explore coastal flood risk and sea level rise projections for nearly any coastal location in the world. Users can adjust variables such as decadal year, water level, pollution scenario, sea level rise model, and elevation data. También disponible en Español.

Community Assessment Reporting Tool (CART)

This online tool generates a snapshot of U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) investment at the community level.

Department of Defense Regional Sea Level (DRSL) Database

Engineering firms can use this database to integrate future sea level change information for DoD facilities at coastal locations.

emPOWER Map

Hospitals, first responders, electric companies, and community members can use this interactive online map to view information about Medicare beneficiaries who rely on electricity-dependent medical and assistive equipment and severe weather events that may put them at risk for power outages.

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ESFLG Model and Data Inventory

An inventory of disaster-related datasets and models useful to decision makers planning for, and responding to, disasters.

Extremes Database: SRCC's Climate Extremes Portal

Search the ACIS database for extremes in temperature and precipitation.

Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

View and download satellite data showing near real-time active fire locations worldwide.

Flood Economics

Community case studies and state-level mitigation data analysis results presented on this website show that flood mitigation investment returns positive benefits.

Flood Inundation Mapper

This interactive, online map tool helps communities visualize potential flooding scenarios, identify areas and resources that may be at risk, and enhance their local response effort during a flooding event.

FloodZoneData.us

Check the number and type of housing units built within floodplains by state, county, or census tract. View data on an interactive map or download data for further analysis.

Great Lakes Shoreviewer

Residents and businesses along Michigan's coastline can view aerial photographs and potential risk rankings for coastal property, buildings, roads, and infrastructure.

Gulf Coast Prairie LCC Conservation Planning Atlas

Regional conservation managers in the Gulf Coast Prairie region can view, retrieve, and perform analyses on spatial information as they consider how to meet specific conservation goals.

Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks LCC Conservation Planning Atlas

Regional conservation managers in the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks can view, retrieve, and perform analyses on spatial information as they consider how to meet specific conservation goals.

Gulf TREE (Tools for Resilience Exploration Engine)

This site walks Gulf Coast users through a decision-support tree framework to match them with relevant climate resilience tools.

Hawai'i Coastal Erosion Website

This website provides the public and government partners with shoreline change data—such as maps, photos, and plots—to assist in coastal zone decision making.

Hazards Mapper and HazPop Mobile App

This online mapping application—along with an accompanying mobile app—was designed for those needing a quick assessment of the potential dangers posed by a major hazardous event or developing emergency.

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Hudson River Flood Impact Decision Support System

This online mapping tool helps inform municipal planning decisions in New York's Hudson River Valley. Public officials, resource managers, and others can assess risk and identify areas suitable for flood mitigation efforts.

Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST)

Analysts can produce maps showing the location and value of ecosystem services to inform land use decisions. The downloadable tool set requires a desktop GIS.

Intensity Duration Frequency Curves for New York State: Future Projections for a Changing Climate

Engineers in New York State can use this website to determine future changes in rainfall recurrence intervals.

LANDFIRE

Access more than 20 national geospatial map layers, databases, and ecological models related to fire for the United States and some island territories. An array of video tutorials can help new users accomplish common tasks.

Landslide Overview Map

Researchers can view—and download shapefiles of the landslide data—from this preliminary digital version of a national landslide susceptibility map.

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