First Street Community Risk Data V1.3

These datasets provide aggregated community risk scores for exposure to flooding using the First Street Foundation Flood Model (Version 1.3) at the county and zip code level. county_flood_score and zcta_flood_score provide the overall community risk score. county_flood_category_score and zcta_flood_category_score provide the risk score to specific categories of infrastructure. Each category; critical infrastructure, social infrastructure, residential properties, roads, and commercial properties, is a component of the overall community risk. If you are interested in acquiring First Street flood data, you can request to access the data here. More information on First Street's flood risk statistics can be found here and information on First Street's hazards can be found here. The following fields are in the overall risk datasets: Attribute Description county_id The county FIPS code count The count (#) of infrastructure facilities flood_score A score of 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 is shown. Community risk rankings represent risk as Minimal, Minor (1), Moderate (2), Major (3), Severe (4) and Extreme (5). Minimal risk is a case where no facilities within a category have flood risk. County level risks are ranked based on how their total depths compare to counties across the country. The following fields are in the category risk datasets: Attribute Description FIPS County FIPS code ZIP_CODE ZIP code count The approximate length of roads (miles) within the geography of aggregation (i.e. ZIP Code, County) flood_score A score (Community Risk level) of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 is shown. Community risk levels represent risk as Minimal (0), Minor (1), Moderate (2), Major (3), Severe (4) and Extreme (5). Minimal risk is a case where no facilities within a category have flood risk. ZIP Code and County level risks are assessed based on how their total depths compare to ZIP Codes and Counties across the country. risk_direction A score of 1, -1, or 0 is shown. These note if flood risk is expected to increase (1), decrease (-1), or remain constant (0) over the next 30 years. infrastructure_category_id 1= critical infrastructure, 4 = social infrastructure , 6 = residential properties, 8 - roads, 9 = commercial properties