How Hazardous is Your Town?

Now that all links to FEMA’s National Risk Index appear to have been purged by the Trump administration, you might want to bookmark CartoGuophy’s United States of Rising Hazards map instead.

Before it was removed by the Republicans, FEMA’s National Risk Index map provided detailed information about the risk from 18 different natural hazards across the United States. For example, if you were thinking of sending your kids to summer camp, you could click on the map to check the flood risk in that area. In fact, the map allowed you to see which counties were most at risk from each of the 18 natural hazards nationwide.

Although the Trump administration has taken down the National Risk Index from FEMA’s website, you can still explore these risks using the United States of Rising Hazards map. Click on your home on the map, and you'll see your FEMA-based risk scores for all 18 hazards, as calculated from the original National Risk Index (NRI) dataset.

The map also includes layer filters that let you view the relative risk levels of the 18 natural hazards across the U.S. Each hazard is assigned a unique color, and the intensity (or transparency) of that color indicates the level of risk: brighter, more opaque colors signal higher risk, while fainter, more transparent colors indicate lower risk.