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.

Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

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

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.

FloodHelpNY

New York City homeowners can use this digital platform to learn about how they can protect their home and finances from flooding—which is expected to worsen with rising sea levels.

Food Access Research Atlas

View maps and download data on food access indicators by census tract, including low-income designation, distance to nearest supermarket, vehicle availability, and group quarters.

Food Environment Atlas

Users can view maps—and download data—for a variety of food environment factors, including store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.

ForWarn Forest Change Assessment Viewer

Resource managers and forest landowners can monitor forest health using satellite images taken every eight days. Tools help them attribute abnormalities to insects, disease, wildfire, storms, human development, or unusual weather.

GeoHEALTH Platform

This secure GIS-based interactive mapping application incorporates information from many sources into a single visual environment for enhanced situational awareness, assessment, and management of resources for planning and response to natural, man-made, or pandemic events.

Geothermal Prospector

Explore map layers—such as geothermal potential, energy infrastructure, and leasing/ownership information—to determine locations that may be favorable for geothermal energy development.

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.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Discover the locations where plant and animal species have been documented. Access this database to support scientific, educational, and policy-making activities regarding species occurrence and distribution.

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Grassland Productivity Forecast (Grass-Cast)

This innovative forecast tool can help producers in the Great Plains determine how much grass will be available for livestock to graze during summer months.

Great Lakes Climate and Demographic Atlas

This interactive site shows how the social and economic characteristics of the Great Lakes region are impacted by regionally specific changes in climate.

Great Lakes Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Great Lakes Water Level Dashboard

Businesses and residents in the Great Lakes region can use this dashboard to visualize dynamic water levels and seasonal and long-term forecasts.

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 of Maine Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes the region's weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

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.

Hawai'i Drought Monitor

Access comprehensive information on drought in Hawai'i to prepare for or deal with drought.

Hawai'i Flood Hazard Assessment Tool

View flood zones in the Hawaiian Islands by parcel or location.

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Heat Watch Campaigns

Over the past five years, the NOAA Office of Education, NOAA Climate Program Office, and the National Integrated Heat Health Information System have funded CAPA Heat Watch to support 40+ communities across the United States in mapping their urban heat islands.

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High Plains Regional Climate Center Climate Summaries

Access current and archived climate summaries for the High Plains on a monthly, quarterly, and annual time scale.

Historical Hurricane Tracks

Explore locations and severity of tropical cyclones recorded around the world since 1842.

Historical Sea Ice Atlas

View maps of historical sea ice extent and concentration in the oceans surrounding Alaska from the mid-1800s through today.

Hoosier Resilience Index

Local communities in Indiana can use this tool to better understand their readiness and risks for environmental and climate change.

HydroGIS Viewer

Registered users can explore selected map layers from the National Hydropower Asset Assessment Program.

Imiq Data Portal

Access hydrology and climate data gathered across and around Alaska over time. A map interface shows where, what, and when data have been obtained. Submit a custom data query and the portal will aggregate and export data records from multiple sources in a common format.