Peril Coverage
11 perils — every source documented
11 perils · 36 sources
Flood
GFI Index
Flood risk layering the FEMA regulatory zone, NRI annualized frequency/exposure, and NOAA Atlas 14 precipitation return periods — combined with 2.7M geospatial NFIP claims for actual loss history.
18
Endpoints
Also powers
Loss history · NFIP claims · Repetitive loss · SRL flags · FEMA gap analysis
FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (NFHL)
Primary
Regulatory flood zones (A, AE, AO, VE, X, etc.) from the official Flood Insurance Rate Maps. SFHA boundary joined per coordinate — the DOI-defensible baseline for flood classification.
FEMA National Risk Index (NRI)
Score component
Census-tract annualized loss, expected annual loss rates, and social vulnerability — integrated into the GFI composite and the NRI endpoint family.
NOAA Atlas 14 — Precipitation Frequency
Score component
885K-row CONUS dataset of precipitation return periods (2yr–1000yr) at point locations. Downsampled to
noaa.atlas14_uw. Powers three dedicated precipitation endpoints.FEMA NFIP Redacted Claims V2
Loss history
2.7M geospatially indexed flood claims from 1978–2026. Powers the full loss-history endpoint family including radius analysis, SRL/repetitive loss flags, and tract-level summaries.
FEMA FIRM Compliance & Map Modifications
Supplemental
Letter of Map Amendment (LOMA), Revision (LOMR), and FIRM panel compliance data surfaced in the FEMA master report endpoint.
NOAA SLOSH MOM v4 — Storm Surge
Coastal flood
21M surge-model points covering the CONUS coastline (24.55°N–46.22°N) at Cat1–Cat5 intensity levels. Provides the FEMA zone-X gap flag — 8 dedicated endpoints including
/surge/fema_gap.Wind / Hurricane
GWHI Index
30 years of NOAA Storm Events combined with NRI wind frequency and the GridHazard Wind Hazard Index. Nearest recorded wind event, cumulative ring counts (0–1mi through 4–5mi), and a KDE-based address-level annual wind incident probability surfaced at the coordinate level.
9
Endpoints
New
Address-level annual wind probability (KDE) · ring counts 0–1mi → 4–5mi · nearest wind incident
NOAA Storm Events Database (1995–2024)
Primary
30 years of all recorded severe weather events at county/point level — the authoritative federal record for wind, hail, tornado, and lightning frequency scoring.
FEMA NRI — Wind Frequency & Loss
Score component
NRI hurricane/wind annualized loss columns used to boost the GWHI score, especially for Gulf and Atlantic coastal markets.
FEMA NRI — Wind Magnitude & Frequency
Score component
Separate wind magnitude and frequency layers from the NRI dataset used for wind frequency scoring and nearest-event lookup.
Wildfire
WHI Index
USDA 2024 wildfire hazard potential raster at 270m resolution, combined with CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ) for California — the official state classification effective April 1, 2024 — and 30,154 historical fire perimeters from the NIFC Interagency Fire Perimeter History (California). Validated: ~83% of destroyed CA wildfire structures were in CAL FIRE's top-2 FHSZ hazard classes (CAL FIRE DINS benchmark, 2026).
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Endpoints
USDA Forest Service Wildfire Hazard Potential 2024
Primary
2024 raster dataset at 270m resolution in EPSG:5070 (Albers Equal-Area Conic). Point-in-raster lookup delivers 1–5 WHP class at the coordinate level.
FEMA NRI — Wildfire Frequency & Financial Exposure
Score component
NRI wildfire annualized loss rate and building exposure columns power the financial comparison endpoint and contribute to the composite report.
CAL FIRE Fire Hazard Severity Zones (FHSZ)
California wildfire
36,665 polygons covering SRA (effective April 1, 2024) and LRA layers statewide. Returns hazard class (Very High / High / Moderate) and layer source (SRA/LRA) at the coordinate. Validated: ~83% of CAL FIRE DINS-recorded destroyed structures fell in the top-2 FHSZ classes — the strongest available signal for CA wildfire underwriting. California only.
NIFC Interagency Fire Perimeter History (California)
Loss history
30,154 historical wildfire perimeter polygons filtered from the nationwide NIFC dataset — spanning fires from 1878 through 2024. Returns in_burn_perimeter flag, matched fire names/years/acreage, burns within 5/10 miles, and most recent burn year. Validated against Camp Fire (153,335 acres), Thomas Fire (281,790 acres), and Dixie Fire (963,309 acres).
Earthquake
SEI Index
Multi-layer seismic risk combining USGS peak ground acceleration (ASCE 7-22 design values), site soil classification (Vs30), and active fault distance — the most granular seismic stack in the platform.
10
Endpoints
USGS NSHM 2018 — Peak Ground Acceleration
Primary
ASCE 7-22 design-level PGA, Ss, and S1 spectral accelerations from the USGS National Seismic Hazard Model. Returns 2%/50yr and 10%/50yr exceedance probabilities.
USGS Vs30 — Site Soil Classification
Site amplification
Shear-wave velocity at 30m depth used for NEHRP site class assignment (A–E). Amplifies or attenuates PGA estimates based on soil conditions at the coordinate.
USGS Quaternary Fault & Fold Database
Proximity
Active fault traces from the authoritative USGS database. Returns nearest fault name, slip rate class, and distance in meters — factored into the SEI composite score.
FEMA NRI — Earthquake Frequency & Loss
Score component
NRI earthquake annualized loss rate and exposure columns, joined at the census-tract level for the SEI composite and the NRI master report.
Hail
HHI Index
30-year hail event frequency from NOAA Storm Events, with nearest-incident lookup returning event date, size (inches), and distance. NRI hail loss columns provide financial context. Cumulative ring counts (0–1mi through 4–5mi) and a KDE-based address-level annual hail probability are available at the coordinate.
5
Endpoints
New
Address-level annual hail probability (KDE) · ring counts 0–1mi → 4–5mi
NOAA Storm Events — Hail (1995–2024)
Primary
All recorded hail events ≥0.75 inches from the 30-year Storm Events database. Frequency scoring and heatmap derived from event density per county.
FEMA NRI — Hail Frequency & Loss
Score component
NRI hail annualized loss rate used as a multiplier in the HHI composite, adding actuarial weight beyond raw event frequency.
Tornado
THI Index
Tornado frequency index from NOAA Storm Events with NRI boost weighting. Nearest-event lookup returns F/EF scale, path length, and distance from the property coordinate. Cumulative ring counts (0–1mi through 4–5mi) and a KDE-based address-level annual tornado probability round out the address-level risk picture.
5
Endpoints
New
Address-level annual tornado probability (KDE) · ring counts 0–1mi → 4–5mi · nearest tornado incident
NOAA Storm Events — Tornado (1995–2024)
Primary
30-year tornado record with F/EF scale, path geometry, and injury/fatality counts. Frequency scoring based on event density per county, boosted by NRI annualized loss weighting.
FEMA NRI — Tornado Loss & Frequency
Score component
NRI tornado annualized loss rate (trnd_alr) used to weight the THI score — critical for accurate risk in Tornado Alley markets.
Lightning
LHI Index
Lightning strike frequency derived from NOAA Storm Events (2001–2024), with heatmap and county-level frequency scoring. Wired into the unified risk report and concurrent causation signal. Nearest-strike lookup, cumulative ring counts (0–1mi through 4–5mi), strikes/yr and strikes/sq-mi density, and a KDE-based address-level annual lightning probability are all available at the coordinate.
5
Endpoints
New
Address-level annual lightning probability (KDE) · ring counts 0–1mi → 4–5mi · nearest lightning incident · strikes/yr & strikes/sq-mi
NOAA Storm Events — Lightning (2001–2024)
Primary
24-year lightning event record from NOAA Storm Events. Frequency scoring via county-level event density, with county benchmark and heatmap endpoints.
Coastal
GCI Index
Three-source coastline distance reconciled from TIGER, NOAA CUSP, and OpenStreetMap — with SLOSH storm surge layered on top. CBRS boundary exposure flags NFIP eligibility risk.
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Endpoints
TIGER Coastline (Census TIGER/Line)
Distance layer 1/3
US Census Bureau TIGER/Line coastline shapefile — one of three reconciled coastline distance sources for the GCI composite.
NOAA CUSP — Coastline Distance
Distance layer 2/3
NOAA Coastal Unit Shoreline Program dataset providing high-resolution shoreline geometries for coastline distance calculation.
OpenStreetMap Coastline
Distance layer 3/3
OSM-derived coastline used as third reconciliation source. Three-source median distance reduces individual dataset edge cases.
NOAA SLOSH MOM v4 — Storm Surge (Coastal)
Surge component
Also powers the Coastal index — surge depth at Cat1–5 layered on top of distance scoring for coastal markets. 8 surge-specific endpoints.
Sinkhole & Karst Geology
Geology Layer
Point-in-polygon karst geology classification from the USGS national karst compilation, combined with reported subsidence incident proximity for Florida — the highest-incidence sinkhole state in the country.
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Endpoints
New
New peril category · /karst/status · /sinkhole/proximity · wired into /hazard/master
USGS Karst of the United States (OFR 2014-1156)
Primary
112,214 polygons covering 52 states and territories — point-in-polygon lookup returns rock type (carbonate, evaporite, sandstone, volcanic pseudokarst, permafrost), karst classification, geologic age, and source map unit citation. Indicates geologic potential for karst features, not confirmed sinkholes — significant collapse hazards occur in only a small subset of mapped areas.
Florida Subsidence Incident Reports (FDEP/FGS)
Loss history
4,376 reported incidents statewide (1909–2025) with nearest-incident lookup plus 1/3/5/10-mile ring counts. Represents reported subsidence — most records are not field-verified as true karst sinkholes, and reporting carries population-center bias.
Landslide Susceptibility
Terrain Layer
Terrain-based landslide susceptibility from the USGS Slope-Relief Threshold model (Mirus et al., 2024) — the first national, peer-reviewed susceptibility map covering CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico at 90m resolution. Point-level susceptibility tier (Not Susceptible / Low / Moderate / High / Very High) plus county-level proportion of susceptible terrain and historical landslide density.
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Endpoints
New
New peril category · /hazard/landslide_susceptibility · wired into /hazard/master and /risk/report
USGS Slope-Relief Threshold Landslide Susceptibility (n10)
Primary
CONUS, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico at 90m resolution. The quantile nonlinear (n10) model captures 98.9% of observed landslides while covering 44.6% of land area — the paper's recommended model for general use. Raw value (0–81) represents the count of susceptible 10m sub-cells within each 90m output cell. GridHazard classification: 0 = Not Susceptible, 1–20 = Low, 21–40 = Moderate, 41–60 = High, 61–81 = Very High. GeoTIFFs served from Azure Blob Storage via rasterio /vsicurl/ — no PostGIS raster storage required.
USGS Landslide Susceptibility — County Analysis
County context
County-level susceptibility summary from the USGS data release — proportion of susceptible terrain and historical landslide density (landslides/km²) per county. 3,221 counties, 100% FIPS-matched. Returned as county context on every /hazard/landslide_susceptibility call.
Environmental & Infrastructure
Man-made hazard intelligence — EPA, EIA, FEMA, CDC
5 datasets · 3 index families
EPA ECHO — Environmental Hazard Index
7.2M rows across 7 tables covering air quality (TRI, ICIS-Air), water discharge (NPDES), Superfund (CERCLIS), and facility violations. Consolidated EHI composite from a single CTE. Validated across Houston, Baton Rouge, Chicago.
EPA ECHO
7.2M rows
7 tables
EHI composite
6 endpoints
CDC Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)
Census-tract SVI scores across 4 themes — Socioeconomic, Household Composition, Minority Status, Housing/Transportation. Powers SVI master, score, and themes endpoints. Registered in transparency registry as DS_CDC_SVI.
CDC / ATSDR
4 themes
Tract-level
DS_CDC_SVI
CDC Environmental Justice Index (EJI)
Multi-domain EJI combining environmental burden, social vulnerability, and health vulnerability at the census-tract level. Powers EJI master, score, climate, and environment endpoints. Registered as DS_CDC_EJI.
CDC
3 domains
Tract-level
DS_CDC_EJI
EIA Pipeline Proximity
33,444 EIA pipeline segments covering gas transmission, hazardous liquid, and LNG facilities. Returns nearest segment per commodity type and radius breakdown. Registered as DS_EIA_PIPELINES.
EIA
33,444 segments
Gas · Liquid · LNG
DS_EIA_PIPELINES
Fire & EMS Station Proximity
52,051 fire stations and EMS facilities from HIFLD. Returns nearest station distance, drive-time band, ISO protection class proxy, and composite fire protection score. Wired into the unified risk report.
HIFLD / DHS
52,051 stations
ISO proxy score
Drive-time bands
Building Footprints — FEMA / ORNL + Microsoft
154M+ building footprints with occupancy class, estimated square footage, construction era, and replacement value estimate. FEMA/ORNL dataset (25M rows) + Microsoft US Buildings dataset (129M rows) unified under
structures.*.
FEMA / ORNL
Microsoft
154M+ footprints
Occupancy class
Replacement value
Proprietary Indices
12 composite indices — fully documented weights & methodology
12 indices · All DOI-defensible
Every index formula, weight, and data source is returned on every API call. No black box — every score is reproducible from its federal source inputs.
GFI
GridHazard Flood Index
FEMA zone weight + NRI annualized loss + Atlas 14 precipitation return period. Zone X gap flag from SLOSH.
Flood
GWHI
GridHazard Wind Hazard Index
30yr Storm Events wind frequency × NRI wind annualized loss rate. Boosted for Gulf/Atlantic coastal exposure.
Wind / Hurricane
GCI
GridHazard Coastal Index
3-source coastline distance (TIGER + NOAA + OSM) combined with SLOSH surge depth at Cat1–5.
Coastal
SEI
Seismic Exposure Index
USGS PGA (ASCE 7-22) × Vs30 site amplification × fault proximity weighting. Returns NEHRP site class.
Earthquake
HHI
Hail Hazard Index
30yr event frequency from NOAA Storm Events × NRI hail annualized loss rate. Returns county benchmark percentile.
Hail
THI
Tornado Hazard Index
30yr tornado frequency × NRI boost × F/EF scale weighting. Nearest-event lookup includes path geometry.
Tornado
LHI
Lightning Hazard Index
24yr NOAA Storm Events lightning frequency per county, with heatmap and benchmark endpoints.
Lightning
WHI
Wildfire Hazard Index
USDA 2024 WHP raster class (1–5) × NRI wildfire annualized loss. Financial comparison endpoint included.
Wildfire
EHI
Environmental Hazard Index
Proprietary composite from EPA ECHO: TRI + NPDES + Superfund + Air violations consolidated into a single CTE score.
Environmental
GRI
GridHazard Resilience Index
Cross-peril resilience composite combining NRI social vulnerability, CDC SVI, and multi-peril loss history concentration.
Cross-peril
CCV
Concurrent Causation Volatility
Measures co-occurrence probability of multiple perils (flood + wind, wildfire + wind) at the coordinate — DOI signal for concurrent causation exposure.
Cross-peril
CLV
Climate Velocity Index
Rate-of-change signal across temperature, precipitation, and sea-level trends — expresses forward-looking physical climate shift per coordinate.
Climate
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