Neighborhood Atlas

The Neighborhood Atlas, featuring the Area Deprivation Index, ranks census blocks based on socioeconomic disadvantage by aggregating 17 indicators related to income, education, employment, and housing quality. The Atlas can be a resource for precisely tailoring programs for areas where high levels of disadvantage may intersect with other needs.

EPA Smart Location Database

The Smart Location Database is designed to measure location efficiency—transportation costs and environmental impact, in particular. It includes more than 90 attributes summarizing characteristics such as housing density, diversity of land use, neighborhood design, destination accessibility, transit service, employment, and demographics.

GeoPlatform.gov

This resource, access to which is limited to account holders (sign up is free), brings together geospatial data coordinated by several Federal Agencies. Topics include ecosystems, geology, soils, climate, cultural resources, transportation, and many others.

Vulnerability index for WI from the SVI interactive map

Social Vulnerability Interactive Map

The Social Vulnerability Interactive (SVI) Map, a product of the CDC Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, displays vulnerability indices for four categories: socioeconomic status, household characteristics, racial and ethnic minority status, and housing type and transportation.

FEMA Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool

The Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool (RAPT) allows users to combine layers of community resilience indicators, infrastructure locations and hazard data. Users can visualize community resilience challenges to inform decisions around preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery.

USGS landslide inventory map for southern WI

USGS Landslide Inventory and Susceptibility Tool

The USGS Landslide Inventory provides a comprehensive spatial database of documented landslides, including their locations, types, and movement characteristics.

CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

The CDC National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) gathers detailed demographic, health behavior, medical condition, and nutrition information. The survey is unique in that it includes examination data and laboratory tests.

An example map from the USDA Ag Census web map

USDA Agriculture Census Web Map

This resource offers a quick way to see the distribution of a number of variables from the 2022 USDA Census of Agriculture among the counties of Wisconsin.

CORI Economic Development Tool

The Center on Rural Innovation (CORI) Economic Development tool allows users to create a custom dashboard of indicators focused on the strengths and weaknesses of the selected area’s economy.