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.

Map of the contiguous USA indicating the distribution of properties at risk from flooding.

Risk Factor

Risk Factor quantifies a property’s comprehensive risk from environmental threats like flooding and wildfire. The tool also helps users understand how risks are shifting due to a changing environment.

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Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) Program

This FEMA program helps communities identify, assess, communicate, and mitigate their flood risk through more precise flood mapping products, risk assessment tools, and support for planning and outreach.

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.

San Francisco Climate and Health Profile

Neighborhood organizations, city departments, and direct service providers in San Francisco can use this simple, streamlined tool to access information on climate and health.

SC-ACIS—Applied Climate Information System

Assess past and current climate conditions using an array of interactive products.

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Scenarios Network for Alaska + Arctic Planning (SNAP) Tools

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.

Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook (SIWO)

Alaska Native and coastal communities can use these outlooks to understand forecasts for subsistence hunting and for analysis of current sea ice conditions.

Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model (SLAMM)

This open-source downloadable model uses digital elevation data and other information to simulate potential impacts of long-term sea level rise on wetlands and shorelines.

Sea Level Change Curve Calculator

Find estimated rates of sea level change for any location along the U.S. ocean coast. For locations without tide gauges, click the NOAA tide gage closest to the location of interest.

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Sea Level Forecasts

This product provides an outlook of monthly sea level anomalies for the next one to two seasons. We combine sea level forecasts with astronomical tide predictions to provide more accurate predictions of coastal water level compared to tide predictions alone.

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flood Web Tools Comparison Matrix

Coastal management communities can use this chart to compare sea level rise and coastal flood tools available for their state. The matrix describes features of various tools to help planners decide which tool can meet their needs.

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Sea Level Rise Hawaii

View visualizations of projected sea level rise in the Hawaiian Islands.

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Sea Level Rise Inundation Mapping Tool for Delaware

Zoom in or enter an address to view local maps of Delaware’s shoreline; adjust a slider to see areas likely to be inundated by various sea level rise scenarios.

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Sea Level Rise Tool for Sandy Recovery—New Jersey and New York

Examine detailed maps of of New York and New Jersey to see areas impacted by flooding from Superstorm Sandy and areas likely to be inundated by four different sea level rise scenarios.

Sea Level Rise Tool for Sandy Recovery—New York City

Examine detailed maps of New York City to see areas impacted by flooding from Superstorm Sandy and areas likely to be inundated by four different sea level rise scenarios.

Sea Level Rise Viewer

Explore how the shoreline is likely to change with increasing amounts of sea level rise. This tool from NOAA's Office of Coastal Management lets you visualize the potential impacts of coastal flooding so you can prioritize actions for different scenarios.

Sea Level Trends

View regional trends showing the direction and magnitude of sea level change at 240 sites around the world. Click any site for a detailed time-series graph and the long-term linear trend.

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Sea The Future

Using a sea level rise visualization tool responsibly requires an understanding of the underlying assumptions, methodologies, and specifications of the tool. Sea the Future helps Californians identify the visualization tools that best meet their needs.

Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) Model

This computerized numerical model estimates storm surge heights and is used by the National Hurricane Center to forecast storm surge and model storm surge vulnerability.

SERVIR

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

Seven Generations—Community-Based Environmental Planning

Environmental staff, community leaders, and community planners in rural Alaska can use this environmental planning process to help local community members understand and recognize climate impacts and build community capacity for resilience.

Silver Jackets Program

This program brings together multiple state, federal, and sometimes tribal and local agencies to reduce the risk of—and enhance response and recovery from—flooding and other natural disasters in the United States.

NEXRAD Level 2 image from the Super Tuesday tornado outbreak of 6 February 2008

Simple Planning Tool for Arkansas

This stakeholder-inspired tool provides a practical solution to assist planners and emergency managers in the state of Arkansas in incorporating accurate climate data into their planning processes.

Simple Planning Tool for Louisiana Climate Hazards

This stakeholder-inspired tool provides a practical solution to assist planners and emergency managers in the state of Louisiana in incorporating accurate climate data into their planning processes.

GOES-13 satellite water vapor image from a historic winter storm on February 25, 2013.

Simple Planning Tool for Oklahoma Climate Hazards

This stakeholder-inspired tool provides a practical solution to assist planners and emergency managers in the state of Oklahoma in incorporating accurate climate data into their planning processes.

GOES-East satellite RGB composite image from August 25th, 2017

Simple Planning Tool for Texas Climate Hazards

This stakeholder-inspired tool provides a practical solution to assist planners and emergency managers in the state of Texas in incorporating accurate climate data into their planning processes.

SLOSH Display Program (SDP)

Visualize storm surge vulnerability from the SLOSH model, based on data produced by the National Hurricane Center.

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.

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Snowfall Climatology Toolbox

This online data viewer provides streamlined access to high-quality historical snowfall data across the United States.

Social Vulnerability Index

Decision makers can use this index—with an online mapping feature and downloadable data—to identify communities that may need support in preparing for hazards or recovering from disaster.

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.

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Sonoma County Wildfire Fuel Mapper

This web tool aims to help help Sonoma County residents and land managers better understand the landscape, reduce fuels that sustain wildfires, and better protect the community.

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South Atlantic LCC Conservation Planning Atlas

Regional conservation managers in the Southeast United States can view, retrieve, and perform analyses on spatial information as they consider how to meet specific conservation goals.

South Dakota Drought Dashboard

The dashboard provides map-based current conditions and forecasts/outlooks for drought in South Dakota.

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Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (SECOORA) | An IOOS Data Portal

This portal offers centralized access to coastal and ocean data for the Southeast U.S. Users can search for data by category, catalog, or an interactive map viewer.

Southeast 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.

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