As of December 15, 2025, community planners will have one central tool to access important risk assessment information from FEMA.
FEMA moved the National Risk Index data into the Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool. The tool is a free, easy-to-use online mapping program that allows users to combine data on community resilience, infrastructure and hazards. This tool helps local officials visualize challenges in their communities to make smarter, more strategic decisions about reducing risks and responding to disasters.
National Risk Index data is integrated into this tool, which shows the risk of 18 natural hazards at the county and U.S. Census tract levels. The updated National Risk Index data includes significant improvements thanks to collaboration with local and federal experts and researchers. Key updates include improved methods for assessing risks from hazards like tsunamis, inland flooding, landslides and volcanic activity.
Other updates include enhanced frequency estimates and geographic coverage for disasters like winter weather, wildfire, lightning, heat and cold waves and improved historic loss ratios for all hazards.
