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Maps
Dataset Name
Social Vulnerability Index
Update Schedule
USDM Updates Weekly
Last Update
05/11/21
Source(s)

2018 Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) data were available in a GIS format at the county level from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format. The USDM is updated weekly on Thursdays. Access USDM GIS data.

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Dataset Name
National Weather Service Heat Warnings
Update Schedule
Updates Weekly
Last Update
05/13/21
Source(s)

National Weather Service (NWS) warnings were available in a GIS format. Data includes all NWS warnings. Heat-related warnings (Heat Advisories, Excessive Heat Watches, and Excessive Heat Warnings) are extracted for the site. 

U.S. Drought Monitor (USDM) data from the National Drought Mitigation Center were available in a GIS format. Access USDM GIS data.

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Stats
Dataset Name
Social Vulnerability Index Counties in Drought
Update Schedule
Updates Weekly
Last Update
05/13/21
Source(s)

GIS was used to identify and aggregate the number of counties with a Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) value of 0.75 or greater that were in drought, using data released weekly by the U.S. Drought Monitor

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Dataset Name
Counties with Active Wildfires
Update Schedule
Updates Daily
Last Update
05/13/21
Source(s)

Active wildfires were ingested from the data that feeds the National Wildfire Coordinating Group InciWeb interactive page.

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Dataset Name
Heat-Based Injuries
Update Schedule
Updates Monthly
Last Update
11/17/20
Source(s)

Statistics on heat-based injuries were ingested from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information's (NCEI's) Storm Events database.

Dataset Links
Dataset Name
National Weather Service Heat Warnings
Update Schedule
Updates Weekly
Last Update
05/13/21
Source(s)

GIS was used to identify counties that have been designated with a National Weather Service heat advisory warning.

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