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.

U.S. Hazards Outlook

This map-based interface is useful for identifying areas that may be impacted by specific hazards, such as extreme heat or cold, heavy rain or snow, flooding, and severe drought.

Screen capture from the UMRB Drought Indicators Dashboard

Upper Missouri River Basin Drought Indicators Dashboard

Access multiple current drought indices for the Upper Missouri River Basin.

Urban Adaptation Assessment (UAA)

Municipalities can check how U.S. cities rank on climate risk and readiness. The tool can help cities make informed choices about local-level adaptation and planning strategies.

Urban Forest Management Plan Toolkit

Concerned citizens, elected officials, arborists, and municipal staff can use this toolkit as a guide for developing an urban forest management plan.

Urban Tree Canopy Assessment

Communities can use this set of protocols to understand their urban forest resources. Additional resources help users prioritize planting goals based on social, economic, and ecological criteria.

USA National Phenology Network

Explore climate change and variability through phenology—seasonal changes in plants and animals from year to year. Use tools and access data collected by citizen scientists, government agencies, educators, and students of all ages.

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments Across the Nation StoryMap

This StoryMap and the associated interactive dashboard illustrate where climate change vulnerability assessments have been completed across all US Forest Service regions.

Climate Vulnerability Assessment in the Northern Rocky Mountains StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Climate Vulnerability Assessment in the Northern Rocky Mountains StoryMap

This StoryMap provides an understanding of the largest climate change adaptation effort on public lands to date, including participants from federal agencies and stakeholder organizations interested in a broad range of resource issues.

Forest Disturbances and Drought StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Forest Disturbances and Drought

This StoryMap provides information on how disturbances due to climate change, insects, and diseases affect western U.S. forests.

Precipitation and Wildfires StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Precipitation and Wildfires

This StoryMap provides an analysis of three variables that influence the area burned by wildfires in the western United States.

Rangeland Allotment Monitoring System StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Rangeland Allotment Monitoring System StoryMap

This StoryMap serves as a tool for monitoring USDA Forest Service rangeland allotment conditions.

A screenshot of the FEV centered on the American east coast showing the path of the 2020 hurricane delta

USGS Flood Event Viewer

Explore hydrology and meteorology data related to specific flood events from 1888 through the present.

Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI)

This index is a weekly depiction of vegetation stress across the contiguous United States.

VegScape—Vegetation Condition Explorer

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

White rocks line the bank of a stream in Washing County, USA.

Visualizing Ecosystem Land Management Assessments (VELMA) Model

VELMA is a tool designed to model effective decisions for a wide array of environmental issues. It is a spatially explicit ecohydrological watershed model that planners can use to visualize the effects of their decisions.

USACE photo of Fremont Bridge, Portland, Oregon

Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework

State and municipal transportation agencies can use this guide to assess the vulnerabilities of their transportation infrastructure.

Vulnerability Assessment Scoring Tool (VAST)

This Microsoft Excel®-based spreadsheet file guides transportation personnel in conducting a quantitative, indicator-based vulnerability screen of their transportation assets.

Vulnerability Self-Assessment Tool (VSAT)

Drinking water and wastewater utilities of all sizes can use this tool to determine their vulnerability to both man-made and natural hazards and evaluate potential improvements to enhance their security and resiliency.

Screen capture of the Water Evaluation and Planning System website

Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP) System

This user-friendly, downloadable software tool takes an integrated approach to water resources planning, simulating both the natural and engineered components of water systems and allowing planners access to a more comprehensive view of managing water resources.

Water Harvesting Assessment Toolbox

Communities in the southwestern U.S. can use these tools to learn about, and develop an assessment process for, water harvesting to help meet water resource challenges.

Water Resources Dashboard

Water resource managers and urban planners use this dashboard for convenient access to maps and data that help them monitor the potential for extreme precipitation and drought in their regions.

WaterWatch

Access maps, graphs, and tables describing real-time, recent, and past streamflow conditions for the United States, including Alaska, Hawai'i, and Puerto Rico.

Infographic from the Extreme Heat Social Media Toolkit

Weather-Ready Nation | Extreme Heat Social Media Toolkit

Share critical information about extreme heat on social media.

Web Soil Survey

Zoom in on a map of the United States and outline an area of interest to access a soil map and descriptions of soils for that location. Access additional information to determine the suitability of the soils for particular uses, or download data for further analysis in desktop tools.