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.

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U.S. Climate Outlooks

Access outlook maps showing experts' judgments of chances for above-, below-, or near-average temperature and precipitation for a range of future periods. Maps also show potential hazards and conditions related to drought.

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.

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U.S. Electric System Operating Data

Users can use this tool to visualize and analyze hourly U.S. and regional electricity demand, the flow of electricity between electric systems, the seasonality of daily demand patterns, and much more.

U.S. Energy Mapping System

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

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.

Understanding and Evaluating Erosion Problems

This handbook can help property owners and communities in Alaska understand, evaluate, and find solutions to erosion problems.

United States Interagency Elevation Inventory

View a nationwide listing of known high-accuracy topographic and bathymetric data, with descriptive data and direct links or contact information to access each dataset.

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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.

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USFS Climate Gallery - A Changing Climate StoryMap

This StoryMap provides ready access to information about changing temperature and precipitation, helping the U.S. Forest Service prepare land management plans by characterizing the environment and future risks.

USFS Climate Gallery - Changing Alaskan Shorelines and Resources StoryMap

With climate change altering the southeast Alaskan shoreline, this StoryMap helps communities and decision makers identify appropriate adaptation strategies that will support southeast Alaskan communities now and into the future.

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USFS Climate Gallery - Changing Wildfire, Changing Forests StoryMap

This StoryMap provides information for management groups on the impacts of wildfires and hydrologic systems due to projected temperature increases as a result of climate change.

USFS Climate Gallery - Climate By Forest StoryMap

This StoryMap provides a tool for exploring climate change information on National Forest System lands.

Climate Change and Adaptation: Mid-Atlantic Forests StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Climate Change and Adaptation: Mid-Atlantic Forests StoryMap

This StoryMap summarizes the best available information related to climate change about Mid-Atlantic forests from published research and local knowledge.

New England and Northern New York Forests StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Climate Change and Adaptation: New England and Northern New York Forests StoryMap

This StoryMap summarizes the best available knowledge related to climate change about the New England and Northern New York forests from published research and local knowledge.

Climate Change Pressures in the 21st Century StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Climate Change Pressures in the 21st Century StoryMap

This StoryMap features three metrics that influence plant growth and survival while displaying mapped projections of change throughout the century for the United States.

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USFS Climate Gallery - Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Intermountain Region StoryMap

This StoryMap provides a summary of the organizations and participants that worked with the Intermountain Adaptation Partnership (IAP) for over 2 years to identify climate change issues relevant to resource management on Forest Service and National Park Service lands in the IAP region.

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.

Drought and Moisture Over Time StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Drought and Moisture Over Time StoryMap

This StoryMap compares the intensity and frequency of drought over two historical 30-year periods, showing a shifting pattern of drought in the United States over recent decades.

USFS Climate Gallery - Drought Summary Tool StoryMap

This StoryMap demonstrates how to use the Drought Summary Tool. This tool uses forest ranger districts to summarize moisture difference z-score datasets developed by scientists Frank Koch, John Coulston, and William Smith of the Forest Service Southern Research Station.

USFS Climate Gallery - Effects of Climate Change on Infrastructure and Recreation in California StoryMap

This StoryMap allows land managers to view maps showing a variety of climate vulnerabilities overlaid on key Forest Service recreation and infrastructure resources in California.

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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.

Francis Marion National Forest: Adapting to Climate Change StoryMap Screenshot

USFS Climate Gallery - Francis Marion National Forest: Adapting to Climate Change StoryMap

This StoryMap describes first, how climate change is transforming the Francis Marion National Forest; second, how land changes and urbanization are affecting the area; and third, how land managers can improve the resilience of these lands to changing conditions.