This page provides a list of USACE and other federal agency vetted apps, tools, and software for use by project delivery teams and others, including planning data sets and mapping tools.

2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report Produced by an interagency effort, this technical report provides a synthesis of the most recent science related to sea level rise as an update to the previous 2017 report. The report will serve as a key technical input for the Fifth National Climate Assessment ("NCA5"). Data from the report are being incorporated into current and planned agency tools and services and are immediately available in NOAA's Sea Level Rise Viewer and NASA’s Task Force Projection Tool. The report does not provide guidance or design specifications for a specific project, but is intended to help inform federal agencies, tribes, state and local governments, and stakeholders in coastal communities about current and future sea level rise. The website includes a companion Application Guide for the 2022 Sea Level Rise Technical Report, which can help the reader understand relevant considerations and arrive at the best decision for their community, and a Frequently Asked Questions guide. Feasibility Report Format and Content Guide This guide provides general recommendations for the format and content of USACE feasibility reports with an integrated Environmental Assessment (EA) or Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). The guide can be used as a starting point for nearly all feasibility reports and is appropriate for use by entry-level to senior planners. It may also be used as a reference for policy reviewers and technical specialists. The format described in the guide is not mandatory. CEQ Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool The purpose of the Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool is to help Federal agencies identify disadvantaged communities that are marginalized, underserved, and overburdened by pollution through publicly-available, nationally-consistent datasets. The tool also provides socioeconomic, environmental, and climate information to inform decisions that may affect these communities. Coastal Resilience Evaluation and Siting Tool (CREST) CREST is a tool developed by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation that can be used to make informed decisions about the siting of restoration and resilience projects. The tool identifies Resilience Hubs, which are areas of open space where projects may have the greatest potential to benefit both human community resilience and fish and wildlife. Resilience Hubs incorporate multiple indices, which can also be explored through CREST. Comprehensive Benefit Evaluation Scoping Tool MSTeams Download the latest Comprehensive Benefit Evaluation Scoping Tool (C-BEST) workbook and share your completed workbooks with other USACE project teams. C-BEST is intended as a tool to assist USACE study teams in identifying potential effect categories for USACE's primary mission areas in the National Economic Development, Regional Economic Development, Environmental Quality, and Other Social Effects accounts. Comprehensive Benefit Evaluation Scoping Tool User Guide The comprehensive Benefit Evaluation Scoping Tool (C-BEST) workbook is an Excel spreadsheet that was developed to assist USACE study teams in identifying potential effect categories for USACE's primary mission areas in the National Economic Development, Regional Economic Development, Environmental Quality, and Other Social Effects accounts. Tips for use are in this User Guide. Comprehensive Benefit Evaluation Scoping Tool Workbook The Comprehensive Benefit Evaluation Scoping Tool (C-BEST) workbook was developed to assist USACE study teams in identifying potential effect categories for USACE's primary mission areas in the National Economic Development, Regional Economic Development, Environmental Quality, and Other Social Effects accounts. Complete the MS Excel workbook and add effects categories appropriate for your study. Corps Water Management System (CWMS) The Corps Water Management System (CWMS) is the automated information system used by USACE to support its water control management mission. This mission encompasses the regulation of river flow through more than 700 reservoirs, locks and other water control structures throughout the nation. The system is also used to calculate annual damages prevented by USACE’s flood risk management portfolio. CorpsMap Applications USACE's CorpsMap suite of applications provides a single geospatial (GIS) interface national-level USACE and other federal datasets. Applications include CorpsMap, the Corps Project Notebook, the National Inventory of Dams, the National Levee Database, and the Life Safety Hazard Indicator. Data.Gov Vast collections of data, tools, mapping, and applications collected from federal, state, and local government agencies. Includes collections on topics including climate, ecosystems, disasters, and more. Dry Floodproofing Cost Estimate Template This tool developed by the National Nonstructural Committee (NNC) and the Cost Engineering Center of Expertise (Cost MCX) is a cost estimate template for the nonstructural measure of dry floodproofing. This template uses the Micro-Computer Aided Cost Estimating System (MCACES) in compliance with Engineer Regulation 1110-2-1302, Civil Works Cost Engineering, as well as a parametric model, to produce a class 5 estimate. It is intended to be a tool to help cost engineers within USACE develop feasibility-level cost estimates. Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) Tools Network The Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network is a collection of methods and software that help practitioners incorporate scientific and socioeconomic information into decision making. EBM tools can help: develop models of ecosystems; generate scenarios illustrating the consequences of different management decisions on natural resources and the economy; and facilitate stakeholder involvement in planning processes. EJScreen: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool EJScreen is an environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides a nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental and demographic indicators. EJScreen users choose a geographic area; the tool then provides demographic and environmental information for that area and also includes a method for combining environmental and demographic indicators into EJ indexes. Electronic Inland Chart Books for Navigations This site provides links to Inland Electronic Navigation Charts (IENCs), which the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has developed for much of the 8,200 miles of rivers in the U.S. Inland River System. Engineering with Nature Tools This website contains a list of available ERDC/Engineering with Nature developed and maintained tools developed including tool type, user audience, points of contact, and relevant links. e-Risk Register Tool The e-Risk Register is an online tool designed by the USACE Institute for Water Resources to assess, manage, and view project risks in a consistent and integrated manner across Civil works project lifecycles. Training on use of the e-Risk Register website, including how to add new projects and how to find current and legacy APT projects, is available through the "Need Help?" link within the Tool. FEMA's National Risk Index for Natural Hazards The National Risk Index is an interactive tool that shows which communities are most at risk to natural hazards. It includes data about the expected annual losses to individual natural hazards, social vulnerability and community resilience, available at county and Census tract levels. FEMA's HAZUS Software FEMA's Hazus Program provides standardized tools and data for estimating risk from earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, and hurricanes. Hazus models combine expertise from many disciplines to create actionable risk information that increases community resilience. HEC-GeoFDA: Geospatial Preprocessor for Flood Damage Reduction Analysis HEC-GeoFDA was developed to allow users to view geospatial flood risk management (FRM) study data and simplify tasks that are commonly performed to prepare data for use in the Flood Damage Reduction Analysis (HEC-FDA) program. The HEC-GeoFDA software has been built with the specific needs of FRM teams in mind and is intended to make geospatial pre-processing more intuitive and less error prone. This program does not require planning model approval or certification as it is only pre-processing and formatting existing input data for use in HEC-FDA. Life Safety Risk Indicator 2 (LSRI2) The LSRI2 tool provides a screening-level, relative representation of the life risk (average annual life loss) that would be reduced if a given structural or non-structural flood damage reduction project was constructed. LSRI2 is intended to serve as a budget tool to prioritize studies and projects starting with the FY25 budget development process. LSRI2 builds off of and replaces the Life Safety Hazard Index (LSHI) tool by incorporating not just consequence information, but also likelihood of the consequences. National Structure Inventory (NSI) The National Structure Inventory (NSI) provides a base national dataset of structure points and characteristics. Using the NSI, USACE engineers, economists, and others can generate improved estimates of flood risk through HEC-FIA, HEC-FDA, HEC-WAT, CWMS, and HEC-LifeSim. The NSI is a particularly helpful resource for teams in the early iterations of a Planning study. Though it is anticipated the NSI data will be updated at least annually, teams should note the data's limitations, including the need for population and price index adjustments before use. National Structure Inventory (NSI) Documentation Explore the Technical References and User Guides for the National Structure Inventory (NSI) download tool and survey tool. NOAA Digital Coast Coastal data, tools, training, and information designed to meet the needs of the coastal management community, all of which are vetted by NOAA. NOAA Sea Level Rise Viewer Use this web mapping tool to visualize community-level impacts from coastal flooding or sea level rise (up to 6 feet above average high tides). Photo simulations of how future flooding might impact local landmarks are also provided, as well as data related to water depth, connectivity, flood frequency, socio-economic vulnerability, wetland loss and migration, and mapping confidence. NOAA's now COAST NOAA's web mapping portal to real time coastal observations, forecasts, and warnings. USACE Sea Level Analysis Tool (SLAT) USACE's SLAT is designed to integrate and expand the functionality of two existing tools, the Sea Level Change Curve Calculator, and the Sea Level Tracker. The tool supports the application of Engineer Regulation (ER) 1100-2-8162 and Engineering Pamphlet (EP) 1100-2-1. SLAT allows users to: visualize observed water levels from over 140 NOAA tide gages; calculate trends and moving averages for observed water levels; generate sea level change projections; estimate when various water levels may cross elevation thresholds relevant to local infrastructure (e.g., critical access roads, dunes, sea walls); and export visualizations and data from the tool as downloadable files. U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit has catalogued more than 500 digital tools can be used for a variety of uses to build resilience, from engaging a community to developing a climate action plan. USACE Climate Hydrology Assessment Tool USACE's Climate Hydrology Assessment Tool (CHAT) is designed to support required hydrologic analyses directed in ECB 2018-14 (Guidance For Incorporating Climate Change Impacts To Inland Hydrology In Civil Works Studies, Designs, And Projects). The tool allows users to visualize downscaled global climate model (GCM)-based output specific to their study area. Output includes ranges and trends in modeled historic and future (projected) streamflow, temperature, and precipitation variables. USACE Coastal Storm Damages Prevented The Coastal Storm Damages Prevented tool allows USACE project managers, planners, coastal engineers, and economists the capability to develop regional and national assessments of damages reduced by USACE coastal projects. The tool has two parts: Annual CSDP Reporting and What-if Scenario Analysis. USACE Geospatial Platform The USACE Geospatial Platform provides shared and trusted USACE geospatial data, services and applications for use by our partner agencies and the public. The Platform includes publicly available maps and web-mapping applications, including CorpsMap, the National Levee Database, National Inventory of Dams, and regional and project specific mapping apps. USACE Library of Climate Preparedness and Resilience Assessments This web portal provides access to a series of example studies demonstrating the application of Engineering Construction Bulletin (ECB) 2016-25, Guidance for Incorporating Climate Change Impacts to Inland Hydrology in Civil Works Studies, Designs, and Projects, as it applies to USACE projects targeted at different business lines, regions and scales of analysis. USACE Time Series Toolbox The Time Series Toolbox (TST) is an online analytic tool for preliminary analysis of time series hydrologic data, where standard analytic approaches can be applied to a variety of datasets of similar structure. This version of TST combines the USACE Nonstationarity Detection Tool and TST to aid in the analysis of both user-uploaded data and preloaded stage and instantaneous peak streamflow data USGS National Climate Change Viewer The SGS National Climate Change Viewer (NCCV) is a web application for visualizing climate projections from the Climate Model Intercomparison Program that have been statistically downscaled to high spatial resolution for the conterminous United States. The viewer allows users to visualize projected changes in climate (maximum and minimum air temperature, precipitation) and the water balance (snow water equivalent, runoff, soil water storage, and evaporative deficit) for any state, county and USGS Hydrologic Units (HUC4 and HUC8) using a variety of graphics and tools. USGS National Map Datasets and Tools National data sets and mapping tools including topography, hydrography, and 3-d elevation datasets.

Webinars

2023
• An Introduction to the Net Emissions Analysis Tool (NEAT) (19 October)
  
  This webinar provided an overview of the Net Emissions Analysis Tool (NEAT). Presenter Jason Emmons (Air Quality and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Analysis Sub-CoP) discussed the quantification of gross and net greenhouse gases (GHG) with their associated social costs, which should be included in National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents per the White House Council on Environmental Quality’s Interim NEPA Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change. Despite the numerous models available for quantifying emissions, a model is needed that can quantify and integrate air pollutant and GHG emissions from diverse emissions sources to compute the net effects relevant for USACE projects. To this end, the NEAT model was developed to utilize output data from pre-existing air pollutant and GHG emissions models while providing the capability to quantify GHG fluxes from Federal actions such as wetland restoration, flood risk management, and vertical construction. NEAT leverages the benefits of pre-existing models, while innovating new capabilities for quantifying emissions using an expandable tabular methodology that can accommodate additional GHG sources and sinks as needed. NEAT combines results from these sources and sinks to calculate the net emissions for air pollutants and GHG species and their corresponding social costs over a project lifetime. These calculations are essential for project planners in USACE as they quantify net emissions for NEPA purposes.
  
  2022
• Introduction to the New e-Risk Register (15 December)
  
  This webinar provided an overview of the new e-Risk Register, which will provide study teams and the vertical team a high- quality tool to better assess, manage, and view all risks for a particular project in a consistent and integrated manner across project lifecycles and the full enterprise. Presenter Erin Rooks (Economist, Institute for Water Resources) discussed the migration of the Assistance for Project Teams (APT) Tool into the new e-Risk Register and re-oriented planners to these existing tools within the new application, in addition to demonstrating the new tool. Finally, the webinar described how the e-Risk Register is different from the Planning Risk Register.
• Life Safety Risk Indicator (20 October)
  
  This webinar provided an overview of the Life Safety Risk Indicator (LSRI). In an effort to develop a consistent way to recommend projects that warrant funding based on risk to life safety, USACE has developed the LSRI tool, which provides a screening-level, relative representation of the life risk (average annual life loss) that would be reduced if a given structural or non-structural flood damage reduction project was constructed. The LSRI is intended to serve as a budget tool to prioritize studies and projects starting with the FY25 budget development process. The LSRI builds off of and replaces the Life Safety Hazard Index (LSHI) tool by incorporating not just consequence information, but also likelihood of the consequences. Presenter Jason Needham (Consequence Specialist, Risk Management Center) described the LSRI methodology and introduced the web-based LSRI tool and how to use it.
  
  2019
• EPA EJSCREEN Tool (31 October)
  
  The EPA has developed an environmental justice mapping and screening tool called EJSCREEN to help highlight places in an Environmental Assessment or Environmental Impact Statement that may warrant additional consideration, analysis, or outreach because of the potential for environmental justice concerns. This webinar introduced and demonstrated the core functionality the EJSCREEN tool, including how to: navigate EJSCREEN; screen for environmental justice; and analyze data. The web-based tool offers a variety of powerful data and mapping capabilities that enable users to access environmental and demographic information across the entire country with color-coded maps, standard data reports, and more.
• IWR Planning Suite II (3 October)
  
  This webinar provided an overview of the capabilities and uses of the USACE-certified IWR Planning Suite II (IWRPS-II) software. The webinar was presented by Shawn Komlos and Laura Witherow (Institute for Water Resources), as well as and Cory Rogers (CDM Smith) and focused on the IWRPS-II Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis module and its potential uses during execution of USACE Planning Studies.
  
  2018
• IWR Planning Suite II (26 July)
  
  Ms. Laura Witherow (Institute for Water Resources) and Ms. Monique Savage (St. Paul District) provided information on the IWR Planning Suite II, the latest certified version of the IWR Planning Suite Software used to conduct Cost-Effectiveness and Incremental Cost Analyses and Annualize Ecosystem Outputs for ecosystem restoration, impact analysis, and mitigation planning. The webinar highlighted the new capabilities of IWR Planning Suite II, including multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA), uncertainty, and watershed wizard. Additional topics included how the software is used in planning, a brief review of each module within the software, and instructions on downloading the software.
• Using 3-D Drawing Software in Civil Works Planning (5 April)
  
  Mr. Stephen Stello (MVN) shared his experience and successes using 3-D drawing software in Civil Works planning documents. Mr. Stello has been using Sketchup and other 3-D drawing software to create 3D models of USACE projects including flood risk and navigation projects, and provided information on how these 3-D software tools can be useful in the planning process.
  
  2016
• Social Vulnerability: Overview and Analysis (3 November)
  
  Ms. Susan Durden and Dr. Seth Cohen, both with the Institute for Water Resources, provided a review of the "Other Social Effects" account and described socially vulnerable populations and factors that make them vulnerable during an flood or storm event. Dr. Cohen provided an overview of the IWR primer on social vulnerability entitled "Identification and Engagement of Socially Vulnerable Populations in the USACE Decision Making Process." Ms. Durden shared information on the Social Vulnerability Index Explorer (SOVI-X), a tool that performs social vulnerability analyses of populations at risk under with and without project conditions.
  
  

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