Last week, FEMA announced the full application launch of the National Risk Index, an online application powered by Esri’s ArcGIS that visually identifies traits of the communities most at risk to natural hazards.
Initially launched in November 2020, the Index now includes capabilities for more customization and reporting, including community risk profiles and risk comparison reports for every county or Census tract, as well as several data updates, and access to more information about the development of the Index. Users are able to share reports through unique links, save them as printable PDFs, and extract the underlying data in spatial or tabular formats.
The National Risk Index is based on data from the best available resources from 2014 through 2019. Routine updates are expected to keep ratings current. The Index is intended to help users better understand natural hazard risk and support informed risk reduction decisions for planning and emergency management.
You can learn more about the National Risk Index from FEMA: https://hazards.fema.gov/nri/
