Resources

Below is a list of tools and databases supporting flood risk management along with hyperlinks to their websites. The art in the graphics on the right are a memorial for past flood events recovery efforts.

• Federal Flood Risk Management Resources. This is a concentration of most of the federal programs, services, data and tools available to support flood risk management activities.
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
  • Planning Toolbox. The Planning community of practice is the gateway to Corps’ implementation and follows processes required to analyze possible cost sharing for large infrastructure projects.
  • USACE National Flood Risk Management Program. Initial guidance (2009): Foster open and collaborative mitigation planning with the public, watershed, federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial partners.
  • USACE Silver Jackets Program. Regionally led teams, including states, tribes, and territories that facilitate collaborative solutions for natural hazards.
    • 2025 Poster Exhibit. Show case of 43 posters summarizing key aspects of interagency projects.
    • Kansas Silver Jackets, Kansas Hazard Mitigation Team
    • Missouri Silver Jackets, State Risk Management Team
  • National Nonstructural Committee (NNC)
  • Engineering with Nature
  • Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC)
    • Free software for hydrologic and hydraulic modeling
    • FEMA’s Future Flood Risk Data Initiative
  • National Inventory of Dams (NID)
  • National Levee Database (NLD)
  • National Structures Inventory (NSI). This website supports collaboration on flood risks for buildings by providing access to point-based structure inventories with attribution to support evaluation of consequences from natural and man-made hazards.
  • USACE Climate Action Plan
    • Comprehensive Hydrology Assessment Tool (CHAT). This climate hydrology assessment algorithm/website provides a useful tool for evaluating possible measures to enhance future resilience.
    • Sea Level Analysis Tool (SLAT). This climate tool provides useful analysis for the coastal storm damage reduction.
    • Time Series Toolbox (TST). This website aids in facilitating better understanding of data, including tests for trend detection, change point analysis, breakpoint analysis, and time series modeling.
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
  • NFIP Community Rating System (CRS)
  • Hazard Mitigation Assistance Loss Avoidance Study Summaries
  • Mitigation Best Practices
  • Risk MAP Best Practices
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Urban Waters Program
  • Watersheds
• Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
  • Watershed Programs
  • Soil Health Management Systems (SHMS)
• NOAA
  • Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters
  • National Water Prediction Service (NWPS)
    • Flood Forecast Inundation Mapping
  • National Weather Service (NWS)
    • NWS alerts, including Flood Watches and Warnings
    • Turn Around Don’t Drown
    • Flood Forecast Inundation Mapping sites (Wildcat Creek FFIM example)
• US Geological Survey
  • National Streamgaging Network

• Iowa Flood Center (university supported)
• North Carolina Flood Mapping Program

• University of Georgia, Resilient and Sustainable Systems, Dr. Todd Bridges
• University of Kansas, resisting long-term risk from disasters, Dr. Ward Lyles
• University of Oklahoma, Network for Engineering with Nature (NEWN)

• National Hazard Mitigation Association (NHMA)
• Floodplain Management Association (FMA)
• Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM)
• National Association of Flood and Stormwater Management Agencies (NAFSMA)
• National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
• Flood Mitigation Industry Association (FMIA)
• American Flood Coalition (AFC)
• Partnership and Community Collaboration Academy
  • Training Course, Managing By Network
• The Nature Conservancy
• A2, or the Anthropocene Alliance
• The International Association of Structural Movers (IASM)
• Insurance for Good. Harnessing risk transfer for the common good.
• InnSure. Developing insurance solutions recognizing the total cost of risk.

• Public Broadcasting System (PBS), Nova, Episode: Rain Bombs
• Public Broadcasting System (PBS), Nova, Episode: Super Floods

• Grady Hillhouse, Practical Engineering, An Engineer’s Perspective on the Texas Floods
• Mike Morrison, PhD, Poster 2.0, #BetterPoster. How we can improve our networking with a poster scheme at conferences.

• Missouri River Flood of 1993, Sharing the Challenge (aka The Galloway Report)
• Hurricane Katrina, Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET), all technical reports
• 2011 Mississippi River & Tributaries System, Room for the River
• Hurricane Sandy, Risk and Resilience Hub, Looking Back at Lessons Learned From Hurricane Sandy
• 2019 Missouri River flood, NPR article, The Midwest Battles Historic Floods In The Aftermath Of ‘Bomb Cyclone’