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.

ACIS Climate Maps

Quickly generate maps of temperature and precipitation variables over various periods for states or regions of the United States.

Agricultural Conservation Planning Framework (ACPF) Toolbox

This downloadable GIS toolset can help conservation planners, landowners, and researchers better manage watershed runoff while supporting agricultural production, as well as to identify appropriate locations for implementing conservation options in a watershed.

Climate Mapper Tool

Explore interactive maps for the contiguous United States that display relevant past and projected future climate information to assist with decisions related to agriculture, drought, and fire conditions.

Climate Toolbox

This collection of web tools designed for agriculture, drought, and fire management allows users to visualize past and projected climate and hydrology over the contiguous United States.

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Corn Split Nitrogen Decision Support Tool

Farmers and farm advisors can access this web-based tool to determine best/worst/average scenarios for successfully completing nitrogen application for corn production.

CropScape

View the USDA Cropland Data Layer to check the type of crop grown in each field across the contiguous U.S. from 1997 to the present. View a sequence of regional views to see how the distribution of specific crops has shifted over time.

Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

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

Giovanni—Geospatial Interactive Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure

Use this web app to visualize, analyze, and access vast amounts of earth science remote sensing data.

Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE Data Assimilation

View and download maps displaying drought indicators for the contiguous United States from 2003 to the present, as well as the underlying data.

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.

National Water Information System: Mapper

This online, map-based tool provides access to water-related data for over 1.5 million sites in the United States. The data can be viewed in a web browser or downloaded in several different formats.

NEWA—Network for Environment and Weather Applications

Growers in the Northeast can use this website to help make planting, pest management, and a range of other weather- and climate-based agricultural decisions.

POWER Project Services Platform

NASA's Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project offers user communities data for solar and wind powered renewable energy systems, estimated building energy efficiency, and agroclimatology for crop models.

Precipitation and Applications Viewer

View and download global precipitation data and flood and landslide nowcasts.

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Precipitation Frequency Data Server (PFDS)

Access precipitation frequency estimates for precipitation depth or intensity as tables, graphs, or GIS layers for any location in the contiguous United States.

Rainfall Atlas of Hawaiʻi

This site offers interactive and downloadable maps showing detailed values and spatial patterns of monthly and annual rainfall for the major Hawaiian Islands.

Rocky Mountains–High Plains Climate Dashboard

Access an array of images for climate, drought, agricultural conditions, and water-supply monitoring for the Rocky Mountains and High Plains.

SERVIR

Fishermen monitor environmental conditions in the ocean to help them avoid fishing near harmful algal blooms in regions of Mesoamerica, Africa, and Himalya.

Snow Telemetry (SNOTEL) Data Viewer

Resource managers and flood forecasters access SNOTEL (snow telemetry) data to monitor temperature, precipitation, and the amount of water stored as snowpack at remote mountain sites across the West.

Soil Climate Analysis Network (SCAN) Data Viewer

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.

Storm Events Database

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

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Texas Temperature Trends Dashboard

Explore temperature data and trends observed at 75 stations in Texas from 1970-2019.

U.S. Drought Monitor

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

U.S. Drought Portal

Access a range of information and services related to drought including early warnings, climate data, and decision support services.

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.

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.

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.

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.