Find interactive websites, reports, mapping and other tools to help you achieve your resilience goals. To narrow down the list, use the check boxes and then scroll down to click the "Apply" button located below the list of options.
Use this resource to: See a seven-day forecast for expected fire danger across North Carolina. Zoom to your area of interest and click on a Fire Danger Rating Area to view recent conditions.
Hosted by: State Climate Office of North Carolina
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Learn about the processes needed to remove a dam in North Carolina. The document provides information and references for a step-by-step approach to dam removal, encompassing planning, information gathering, funding, design, permitting and removal. The handbook was written for dam owners and dam removal project managers in North Carolina.
Hosted by: NC State Government; EPA; US Army Corps of Engineers; American Rivers;
Released: 2022
Use this resource to: Access real-time data on stream elevation, rainfall and weather parameters from over 550 gages across the state. Some sites may be rain or stage gages only while some may have weather data available. Network gages are either managed by NC Emergency Management, a local government agency, a private organization or the US Geological Survey.
Hosted by: NC Emergency Management
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: View, print and download location-specific flood hazard maps and data, including the flood zone, flood source (i.e., which creek or river the flood water comes from), the base flood elevation and more. This site also provides geospatial base map data, imagery, LiDAR data and hydraulic and hydrologic models that are available for download and use.
Hosted by: NC Emergency Management
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Use the site’s map tool to identify properties with flood risk. Or learn more about the National Flood Insurance Program, see a map of all active flood insurance studies and access a database with documents designed for education, outreach and technical uses. From this site, users can also access other flood mapping platforms for North Carolina.
Hosted by: NC Emergency Management
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Use the inventory from your county to identify the most important natural resources, then guide economic development in balance with conservation of environmental resources.
Hosted by: NC Natural Heritage Program
Released: Varies
Use this resource to: View interactive maps and environmental health data visualizations at the state and county levels by year. The tool will soon include monitoring data and track environmental and climate hazards that can affect human health throughout the state.
Hosted by: NC Department of Health and Human Services
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Obtain “key messages” on how climate change is impacting North Carolina, or review or download a narrative on the same topic. Information includes easy-to-understand statements and the science behind each statement. Read about the historical and projected trends of NC’s climate.
Hosted by: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Released: 2022
Use this resource to: Locate the National Weather Service office closest to you. NWS provides climate and weather-related information and programs at the state and regional levels. Seven offices operate across North Carolina.
Hosted by: National Weather Service
Released: 2022
Use this resource to: View climate-based future risks and opportunities for loblolly pine forests in the Southeast US. Pine trees influence their local climate yet are also themselves sensitive to climate factors including temperature and precipitation.
Hosted by: State Climate Office of North Carolina
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Understand how to accomplish plan integration, or the process by which communities align efforts of existing and newly developed plans. The resource includes instructions, examples and illustrations to assist in gathering and developing the information necessary for the plan integration document.
Hosted by: FEMA
Released: 2015
Use this resource to: Help the business community prepare for and adapt to projected changes. Use the guidance to get a “big picture” assessment of economic vulnerabilities or review the instructions on how to use GIS, computer-based models and a team of experts to map out specific economic impacts to business opportunities.
Hosted by: EPA
Released: 2016
Use this resource to: Generate reports with data populated from the U.S. Census American Community Survey by census tract, county or state. Data includes socioeconomic information about populations more likely to experience adverse social, health or economic outcomes due to their race, age, gender, poverty status or other factors.
Hosted by: Headwaters Economics; US Department of Commerce
Released: 2013
Use this resource to: Use the resources in this document to guide the process of recognizing and addressing inequities in climate resilience planning. Developed for Cleveland but applicable to any community, the document includes suggestion questions to use when engaging community members throughout each step of climate resilience planning process.
Hosted by: City of Clevaland (Ohio)
Released: 2018
Use this resource to: Learn how to design more fundable projects by pulling specific policy levers, seeking key partnerships, using innovative accounting practices and redesigning internal processes. This tool covers 10 characteristics of ready-to-fund resilience projects. The resource is designed for small- and-mid-sized local governments working on resilience.
Hosted by: American Society of Adaptation Professionals
Released: 2022