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Surging Seas Risk Finder

Name: Surging Seas Risk Finder
Creator: Climate Central

Climate Central · released 2015, updated periodically

Pairs sea-level-rise and flood maps with detailed exposure statistics — population, property value, roads, schools, demographics — searchable by state, county, or place.

Key features

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Screenshots

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General Information

URL: https://riskfinder.climatecentral.org/
Fact sheet: https://example.com/TODO-fact-sheet
Geographic scope within coastal California: Coastal United States, including California
Tool release year and updates: 2015, updated periodically

Sea Level Rise and Flood Projections and Metrics

Increments of flooding from sea level rise or storm surge available to project: TODO: increments text
Other flood-related layers and flood information available: TODO: other layers text

Projected Flood Information

Annual flood risk: Yes
Annual flood risk (various return periods): No
Base flood elevation: No
Coastal groundwater flooding: No
Erosion projections: No
FEMA flood zones: No
High tide flooding thresholds (minor/moderate/major): No
King tide: No
Mapping uncertainty / confidence layers: No
Marsh migration space: No
Near-100-year storm scenario: No
Shoreline erosion: No
Storm surge / extreme tide: Yes — TODO: flood info detail text
Stormwater / compound flooding: No
Wave run-up: No

Shoreline Processes

Coastal flood thresholds: No
Coastal groundwater: No
Compound flooding with stormwater runoff: No
Dynamic hydrodynamic modeling: No
Erosion / shoreline change: No
Habitat-based risk reduction: No
High tide flooding: No
Hurricane storm surge: No
King tide: No
Levee overtopping: No
Marsh migration: No
Marsh migration / habitat change: No
Regulatory base flood elevation: No
Riverine and coastal flood zones: No
SLR inundation: Yes — TODO: processes detail text
Shoreline erosion: No
Shoreline overtopping: No
Storm surge / extreme tide: Yes
Tide-gauge monitoring: No
Wave run-up: No

Exposure Analysis Provided on Flooding Impacts to Assets

Critical facilities: Yes
Economic / property value: Yes
Infrastructure & buildings: Yes
Natural resources / habitats: No
Population / demographics: Yes — TODO: exposure detail text

Data, Reports, and Summary Information Available

Reports, summary info, or other analyses available for download: TODO: reports available
What types of data are available to download?: TODO: data types
Can data be uploaded by the user?: TODO: uploadable

General Information Regarding Sea Level Rise Model

Base sea level rise model: TODO: base model
Main elevation source: TODO: elevation source
Base sea level elevation: TODO: base elevation
Horizontal resolution: TODO: horizontal resolution

Strengths and Limitations

Top 3 strengths: Deep exposure analysis by demographic and asset type
Consistent methodology across the whole U.S. coast for regional comparison
Clear, place-level summary reports
Top 3 limitations: Still largely elevation-based rather than a dynamic hydrodynamic model
National-scale approach can miss California-specific factors like levees
Some layers are coarser than California-built tools