Coastal Risk
- Coastal Risk contains information pertinent to shorelines and coastal areas subject to hurricanes, storm surge, flooding, and other natural disasters. It depicts the shape of the shoreline, name of the coastal water, and proximity to the nearest coastline.
Coverage
- United States
Product Family
- Risks
Usage
As climate-related catastrophes become increasingly common, analyzing hazard risk for coastal locations is more important than ever to ensure financial stability and to mitigate the damage caused by disasters. With Coastal Risk, you can:
- Identify assets within close proximity to shorelines to understand risk exposure related to storm surge, tsunami, and low lying areas especially prone to flooding
- Streamline underwriting workflows and price new business for profit
- Make more informed property valuation, location planning, and risk assessment decisions
- Enhance emergency planning and evacuation routing
Details
- NOAA Medium Resolution Digital Vector Coastline provides the coastline of the contiguous US
- Data is captured from 270 National Ocean Service (NOS) Navigation Charts and spans more than 80,000 nautical miles
- Includes a geo-eriched address file which appends coastal risk information to every affected address location using a unique identifier
- Proximity measurements are also included for added insight at the address level
Specifications
- Update Frequency
- Annually
- Coverage
- United States
- Unit of Sale
- Country
