Tools


Coastal County Snapshots
Turn complex data into easy-to-understand stories, complete with charts, graphs, and maps

Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper
Maps people, places, and natural resources that are potentially exposed to coastal flooding

ENOW Explorer
Helps users obtain and compare various ocean and Great Lakes economic data sets

Sea Level Rise Viewer
View potential impacts of sea level rise along the coast

AccessAIS
Access and download AIS Vessel Traffic data

BEACON 2.0
Provides information on water quality, advisories, and closures for coastal and Great Lakes recreational waters

Beach Nourishment Viewer
Access, view, and download beach nourishment data

Benthic Terrain Modeler
Derives benthic terrain classifications from bathymetry

BlueValue
Serves as an interactive resource and database for ecosystem services valuation

C-CAP Land Cover Atlas
View and explore coastal land cover and change data

CAMEO Software Suite
Provides tools for emergency planning and response for a variety of all-hazard events—especially hazardous chemicals

CMECS Crosswalk Tool
Translates existing benthic habitat data sets to the Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS)

Census QuickFacts
Provides statistics for the nation, all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more

Citizen Science Water Level Application
Submit and view water level reports, as well as map water levels regionally

Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation Assessment Tool
Provides an assessment of past, present, and future climate conditions

Coastal Change Hazards Portal
Create a map of potential ecological, social, and economic impacts from rising seas and changing climate

Coastal Inundation Dashboard
Provides real-time alerts and historical inundation information at select National Ocean Service tide stations

Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool
Identifies coastal and nearshore areas ideal for restoration and analyzes their potential to provide coastal protection

Coastal Resilience Mapping Portal
Create a map of potential ecological, social, and economic impacts from rising seas and changing climate

Community Rating System Explorer
Visualize areas that qualify for Open Space Preservation credit and identify future eligible areas in the floodplain

Community-enabled Lifecycle Analysis of Stormwater Infrastructure Costs
Compares the performance, life-cycle costs, and co-benefits of various stormwater management solutions

Data Access Viewer
Find and download data hosted on the NOAA Office for Coastal Management website

Digital Shoreline Analysis System
Computes the rate of shoreline change using multiple historical shoreline positions

EnviroAtlas
Explore ecosystem goods and services with this interactive resource

Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool
Allows users to combine environmental and demographic indicators to assess communities at higher risk

Environmental Response Management Application
Integrates static and real-time data in an easy-to-use map for environmental responders and decision-makers

Environmental Studies Program Information System
Provides documents related to this program through text or map based queries

Essential Fish Habitat Mapper
Display essential fish habitat boundaries and associated areas protected from fishing

Estuary Data Mapper
View, retrieve, and analyze a wide range of estuarine data from multiple sources

FUSION
View, analyze, and process lidar data sets

Flood Event Viewer
Provides hurricane and flood response data for significant events

Global Change Explorer
Visualize, compare, and access spatial data that describes potential future environmental change

Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Decision-Support Tool
Interact with information relevant to Great Lakes coastal wetland conservation and management

Great Lakes Water Level Dashboard
Provides and visualizes Great Lakes water level data and forecasts across a variety of time scales

Gulf TREE
Identify climate resilience tools that meet your needs

Hazards U.S. Multi-Hazard
Analyze risk and potential losses from floods, hurricane winds, and earthquakes

Historical Hurricane Tracks
View and analyze historical tropical cyclone data

How's My Waterway?
Provides the public with an easily accessible and understandable picture of water quality at a community, state, or national scale

Impervious Surface Analysis Tool
Calculates the percentage of impervious surfaces for a selected geographic area

Information for Planning and Consultation
Streamlines the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s environmental review process

Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs
Allows decision-makers to map and value goods and services from nature

Lake Level Viewer (U.S. Great Lakes)
Visualize potential lake level changes and impacts

Mapping Ocean Wealth
Maps ecosystem services and their values for use in natural resource planning

Maptite
Identifies suitable locations for planting native marsh grasses during coastal wetland restoration

Marine Cadastre Track Builder
Converts a collection of point features into a track line,

Marine Geospatial Ecology Tools
A collection of over 250 geoprocessing tools

Marine Minerals Information System
Access offshore mineral resource data and information for the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf

Marine Protected Areas Data Viewer
Provides access to classification and spatial data for all marine protected areas

MarineCadastre.gov National Viewer
Supplies baseline ocean planning information

Marxan with Zones
Supports conservation planning design and evaluation

NACo County Explorer
Visualize county-level indicators and profiles for all 3,069 U.S. counties

NEPAssist
Informs the environmental review process using geographically referenced data

NOAA Extreme Weather Information Sheet
Helps citizens increase their weather readiness as a part of NOAA's Weather-Ready Nation initiative

National Beach Nourishment Database
Features detailed information on U.S. nourishment projects at the national, state, and project levels

National Risk Index for Natural Hazards
Identifies communities most at risk from 18 natural hazards, including coastal flooding, hurricanes, and tsunamis

Nature's Network Prioritization Tool
Identify and prioritize opportunities to protect and restore rare and threatened habitats in the Northeast

Neighborhoods at Risk
See where flooding, urban heat, and hurricanes impact the most vulnerable people

OceanAdapt
Explore changes in marine species distributions

OceanReports
Visualize coastal and ocean information and generate custom reports for all U.S. waters

OnTheMap
An interface for creating, viewing, printing, and downloading workforce-related maps, profiles, and underlying data

OpenNSPECT
Measure potential runoff, nonpoint source pollution, and erosion

Our Coast, Our Future - Flood Map
Explore the potential for coastal hazards from sea level rise, storms, and shoreline change along parts of California’s coastline

Partnership for Resilience and Preparedness Data
Access curated global data to analyze vulnerability and build climate resilience

Populations at Risk
Customize and download reports about U.S. populations more likely to experience adverse social, health, or economic outcomes

Quick Report Tool for Socioeconomic Data
Provides access to economic and demographic data for multiple coastal jurisdictions

Rain Garden App
Helps users properly install a rain garden at their home, office, or job site

Recovery Potential Screening
Compare watershed indicators in a state-based Excel format, complete with maps, graphs, and tables

Riverine Flood Inundation Maps
View riverine flood forecasts in a visual format

Sea Level Affecting Marshes Model
Simulates potential impacts on wetlands and shorelines from long-term sea level rise

Sea Level Change Curve Calculator
Calculates predicted rates of sea level change

Sea the Future
Provides information on features and functions of multiple sea level rise visualization tools for California

Sediment Volume Change Mapper
View, query, and download volume and shoreline change data derived from comparing multiple lidar data sets

Surging Seas
Shows threats from sea level rise and storm surge for all coastal towns, cities, counties, and states in the contiguous U.S.

The Climate Explorer
Explore how climate is projected to change in any U.S. county

Tsunami Aware
Provides interactive tsunami evacuation maps and information for Hawaii and Guam

United States Interagency Elevation Inventory
Provides an inventory and information about the best available elevation data sets collected in the United States

VDatum
Vertically transforms geospatial data between a variety of tidal, orthometric, and ellipsoidal datums

Wave Exposure Model
Estimates wave energy and its effects on ecosystem functions, as well as on developed coastal and inland-water areas

West Coast Estuaries Explorer
Explore and compare estuaries along the coastlines of Washington, Oregon, and California

Wildfire Risk to Communities
View interactive maps, charts, and other resources to help communities understand, explore, and reduce wildfire risk