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Coastal communities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the risk of damage from coastal inundation. In the northeast, Hurricane Sandy was a stark reminder of the potential damage a single storm can cause. These additional resources listed below will allow you to create tools and provide information to help communities prepare for coastal inundation. Through the use of data, visualizations, and simulations, you can help people understand their exposure to coastal inundation hazards and their increased vulnerability due to population increase and sea level rise.

Current Flood Risk: The FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer #

• ArcGISOnline Tool
• REST Service (directory only)
• Download

Sea Level Rise and Coastal Flooding Impacts #

• Digital Coast Tool
• REST Services

Future Flood Risk Information for New York and New Jersey (Post-Sandy) #

• Online Tool

ArcGIS Online Maps #

• New Jersey and New York State
• New York City
• REST Services (New York and New Jersey 2050 and 2100 and New York City 2050)
• Download (registration required)

Coastal Erosion and Vulnerability #

• Shoreline change, Sea-Level Vulnerability, extreme storms coastal erosion hazards
• Composite Inundation Hazards for the Hurricane Sandy Impact Area
  • Spatial extents of multiple flood hazard data sets combined. Flood hazard data sets include shallow coastal flooding, FEMA flood data (V zones, A zones, and 500-year zones treated as individual layers), storm surge for category 3 hurricane, and sea level rise of 3 feet above mean high tide.

Coastal Flood Frequency #

This dataset depicts the extent of flood-prone coastal areas based on predicted water levels exceeding specific tidal heights as issued by local National Weather Service offices.

• Tool Homepage
• REST Service
• Download

Socio-Economic Data #

Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) Census Block Groups (2000) – University of South Carolina Hazards and Vulnerability Research Institute

Index measuring the social vulnerability of Census block groups to environmental hazards

• REST Service
• Download (Tool)

Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW) #

Contributing Partners: Bureau of Economic Analysis, NOAA Coastal Services Center, Bureau of Labor Statistics

ENOW is time-series data on the Ocean and Great Lakes Economy, which includes six economic sectors that depend on the oceans and Great Lakes. ENOW is available for counties, states, and the nation in a wide variety of formats.

• Tool Homepage
• Tool Wizard
• REST Service
• Download

Historical Hurricane Tracks #

Contributing Partners: NOAA Coastal Services Center

Enables viewers to find tropical cyclone data in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Basins

• Tool Homepage
• REST Service
• Download

U.S. Geoplatform #

Contributing Partners: U.S. Geological Survey

Geospatial resources are available from the geoplatform.