U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

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.

A national look at carbon landscapes and a central location for the USDA carbon inventory, modeling, and mapping of terrestrial biosphere carbon.

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.

Farmers and ranchers use this carbon accounting tool to estimate their operation’s greenhouse gas emissions and capacity for carbon sequestration, and to evaluate the impacts of alternative management strategies on their net emissions.

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

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.

Use this analytical framework to understand and visualize ecosystem service values.

Find news, maps, and apps on recent Earth science disasters including information on response, recovery, and early warning systems.

View local maps of socioeconomic and climate data to identify communities that may be vulnerable to extreme weather and climate change, now and in the future. Obtain authoritative reports and data to make informed decisions when prioritizing capital improvements, informing land use and policy decisions, and updating Hazard Mitigation Plans.

Climate change practitioners can use this tool to gather fine-scale information about populations within geographies of interest. Reports from the tool can be very useful for developing city-wide vulnerability assessments.

Users in Alaska and Arctic regions near the northern polar extremes can access multiple tools that support climate science and data exploration, allowing for a local focus within the broader context of climate change.

Monitor near real-time soil and weather conditions from a network of comprehensive automated weather stations. Data from the system can help determine optimal timing and amount of irrigation for crops and warn experts of impending drought.

Access National Weather Service storm data and unusual weather phenomenon reports from 1950 to the present.

Access maps, data, and other information about current and past drought conditions across the United States.

Explore maps of various energy resources, infrastructure, and transportation networks, or access profiles summarizing energy production, consumption, and expenditures for states and territories.

Access daily, weekly, or bi-weekly maps of satellite imagery indicating the health of crops and natural vegetation.