NCCOS Assessment: Community Assessment to Flood Hazard in the United States Virgin Islands, 2023-01-01 to 2024-08-30

Description

This dataset includes estate level component scores of various indices from the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Community Assessment to Flood Hazard in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). Indices include social vulnerability, structural vulnerability (and sub-indices), structural exposure (and sub-indices), nearshore environment protection benefits, compounded flood hazard, waterborne toxins and contaminants, vegetation, and potential walkability. Each component score is aggregated to the estate level geography provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Additionally, intermediary raster-based datasets on stormwater flooding potential, compounded flooding (both near-term-moderate and projected-high), orbital velocity data, a Shannon land use diversity index, and a Visible Atmospherically Resistant Index (VARI) are included. This assessment used a geospatial, indicator-driven approach to integrate data from a variety of sources related to community vulnerability in the USVI. These data included measures of social and structural vulnerability and exposure, the nearshore environment, flood hazards, waterborne toxins and contaminants, vegetation, and potential walkability. These indicators were based on territorial needs, existing research, local stakeholder feedback, and data feasibility checks. Each component was analyzed using publicly available data, renormalized using a min-max normalization method, and aggregated to estate-level geographies. These were then categorized into statistical quantile breaks to show relative rankings across the territory. This integrative approach supports bivariate choropleth mapping for highlighting areas of co-occurrence and prioritization and also highlights estate-level hazard and vulnerability. Additionally, several raster based indices were created in this assessment. For full dataset methods please see the NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 334 at https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/66566.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/74317
0 NCCOS Project Webpage: Programmatic Execution of NCCOS Community Vulnerability Assessments https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/programmatic-execution-of-nccos-vulnerability-assessments/
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/74317.pdf
0 NOAA Technical Memorandum: Fleming, Chloe S. et al. (2024). A Community vulnerability assessment to flood hazard in the U.S. Virgin Islands. https://doi.org/10.25923/mej9-p181 https://doi.org/10.25923/mej9-p181
0 Fleming, Chloe and Regan, Seann D. and Freitag, Amy and Aslam, Uzma and Burkart, Heidi. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. 2024. NCCOS Assessment: Community Assessment to Flood Hazard in the United States Virgin Islands, 2023-01-01 to 2024-08-30. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CZTITY https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CZTITY
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2024. GCMD Keywords, Version 19. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/74317
0 NCCOS Project Webpage: Programmatic Execution of NCCOS Community Vulnerability Assessments https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/programmatic-execution-of-nccos-vulnerability-assessments/
0 NOAA Technical Memorandum: Fleming, Chloe S. et al. (2024). A Community vulnerability assessment to flood hazard in the U.S. Virgin Islands. https://doi.org/10.25923/mej9-p181 https://doi.org/10.25923/mej9-p181
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/74317.pdf
0 Fleming, Chloe; Regan, Seann D.;Freitag, Amy; Aslam, Uzma; and Burkart, Heidi. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. 2024. NCCOS Assessment: Community Assessment to Flood Hazard in the United States Virgin Islands, 2023-01-01 to 2024-08-30. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CZTITY https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CZTITY
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
0 Fleming, Chloe; Regan, Seann D.;Freitag, Amy; Aslam, Uzma; and Burkart, Heidi. National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. 2024. NCCOS Assessment: Community Assessment to Flood Hazard in the United States Virgin Islands, 2023-01-01 to 2024-08-30. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CZTITY https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CZTITY
0 View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/74317
0 Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2025. GCMD Keywords, Version 22. Greenbelt, MD: Earth Science Data and Information System, Earth Science Projects Division, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL (GCMD Keyword Forum Page): https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD+Keywords https://forum.earthdata.nasa.gov/app.php/tag/GCMD%2BKeywords
33 NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nos/nccos/dmp/pdf/74317.pdf
0 NCCOS Project Webpage: Programmatic Execution of NCCOS Community Vulnerability Assessments https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/project/programmatic-execution-of-nccos-vulnerability-assessments/
0 NOAA Technical Memorandum: Fleming, Chloe S. et al. (2024). A Community vulnerability assessment to flood hazard in the U.S. Virgin Islands. https://doi.org/10.25923/mej9-p181 https://doi.org/10.25923/mej9-p181

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  • derived data product
  • human dimensions
  • nccos research priority
  • virgin islands
  • nccos research location
  • nccos research topic
  • nccos social science team
  • national ocean service
  • national centers for coastal ocean science
  • social science
  • noaa
  • caribbean sea
  • assessing human use
  • atlantic ocean
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • assessing vulnerability and resilience
  • earth science
  • u.s. caribbean
  • ocean
  • nccos research data type
  • region
  • doc/noaa/nos/nccos
  • u.s. states and territories
  • u.s. virgin islands
  • north atlantic ocean
  • socioeconomics

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