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.

Guidance for Thin-Layer Sediment Placement

This 34-page guide details the research performed on thin-layer sediment placement for tidal marsh resilience in eight Estuarine Research Reserves across the United States.

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Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives

Tribes, agencies, and organizations can use this guide as a framework to increase understanding of issues relating to access and protection of traditional knowledges in climate initiatives.

Gulf Coast Prairie LCC Conservation Planning Atlas

Regional conservation managers in the Gulf Coast Prairie region can view, retrieve, and perform analyses on spatial information as they consider how to meet specific conservation goals.

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 of Mexico Coastal Observing System (GCOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

This site provides on-demand information to benefit people, ecosystems, and the economy in the Gulf of Mexico’s coastal and open ocean waters.

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.

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Hawai'i and U.S. Pacific Islands Region Climate Impacts and Outlook

Quarterly reports document recent climate conditions across the Pacific. The reports also provide precipitation forecasts for the coming season.

Hawai'i Climate Adaptation Portal

This website offers information on climate science and adaptation in Hawai'i. Users can also monitor the work of the state's Interagency Climate Adaptation Committee.

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.

Hawai'i Sea Level Rise Viewer

This mapping tool gives users a way assess hazards and economic vulnerabilities associated with exposure to rising sea levels in Hawai'i.

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Hawai'i Social Network Analysis

Consult these social network maps of climate change stakeholders to find collaborators or experts in different fields of study or locations in Hawai'i and the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands region.

Hazards Mapper and HazPop Mobile App

This online mapping application—along with an accompanying mobile app—was designed for those needing a quick assessment of the potential dangers posed by a major hazardous event or developing emergency.

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Planners and emergency managers use this downloadable software package to access FEMA models that estimate potential losses from earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes and evaluate costs and benefits of mitigation options.

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Heat and Social Inequity in the United States

This series of maps examines one of the most significant public health risks posed by climate change: heat vulnerability.

Heat Illness Prevention Training Guide

This guide from OSHA provides a lesson plan for employers to carry out heat safety training for workers.

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Heat Island Community Actions Database

An index of steps taken by cities to reduce their local heat islands.

Heat Safety Tips

Communities and individuals can visit this National Weather Service website to learn about the health dangers of heat, prepare for excessive heat events, and find out what to do during an excessive heat wave.

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Heat Safety Tool

Outdoor workers and their managers can access vital heat-safety information whenever and wherever they need it—right on their mobile phones.

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Heat Stress Toolkit

Employers and workers can visit this website to find resources and educational materials relating to occupational heat stress.

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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.

High Water Mark Initiative

This outreach initiative encourages communities to post high-visibility reminders of past floods that can improve public awareness of flood risk and encourage residents to take action to reduce it.

Historical Aerial Imagery

These historical coastal images were gathered from numerous sources, scanned on a flatbed scanner, and georeferenced to existing base map data.

Historical Hurricane Tracks

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

Historical Precipitation Data

Climate Data Online (CDO) provides free access to NCDC's archive of global historical weather and climate data in addition to station history information.

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.

HUD Exchange: Natural Hazard Map and Funding Navigator

This interactive map provides customized information about your community’s risk ratings for 18 natural hazards and creates a pre-filtered list of funding opportunities that can help build resilience to hazards your community faces.

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Hudson River Flood Impact Decision Support System

This online mapping tool helps inform municipal planning decisions in New York's Hudson River Valley. Public officials, resource managers, and others can assess risk and identify areas suitable for flood mitigation efforts.

HURREVAC

Local emergency managers use this storm tracking and decision support tool to help them make prudent decisions regarding the timing and extent of evacuations.

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Hurricane Preparation and Recovery Commodity Guides

Producers in the Southeast can access these guides to help prepare for—and recover from—hurricane events.

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.

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Indigenous Health Indicators Tool

Native communities can use this tool to better evaluate and manage public environmental health risks and impacts in six categories.

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