U.S. Fish & Wildlife ServiceDefinition This indicator identifies the vulnerability of communities to impacts of hazards and other community-level stressors, which can include natural or human-caused disasters, within the Midwest Landscape. It prioritizes areas based on climate, environmental, and socioeconomic burdens. Pixels can take the following values: 1 - Most vulnerable census tracts, not a natural asset 2 - Most vulnerable census tracts, natural assets Selection This indicator was chosen as a targetable, important feature of the MLI goals that will be used to track conditions over time and prioritize areas for conservation. Indicators were defined through elicitation and prioritization exercises with federal and state participants. Criteria for the indicators includes 1) actionable, 2) measurable, 3) relevant to multiple groups across the region, and/or 4) representative of other social and/or environmental values. Input Data & Mapping Steps This indicator originates from the CDC Social Vulnerability Index and the Climate and Economic Justice Screening tool. To create this layer, MLI partners, members, and staff completed the following mapping steps: projected all input data to NAD83 (2011) UTM Zone 15N, classified the Social Vulnerability tracts as above or below-average vulnerability, mosaicked with the Climate and Economic Justice Screening tool disadvantaged tracts, and emphasized natural assets within the most vulnerable tracts for a raster with the following values: 1 - Most vulnerable census tracts, not a natural asset, 2 - Most vulnerable census tracts, natural assets. Finally, we removed highly altered areas using our Highly Altered Areas Mask. For full mapping details, please refer to the Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Development Process . For a complete download of all Blueprint input and output data, visit the Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Data Download .ArcGIS ImageMapLayerhttps://hub.arcgis.com/datasets/fc79a97217ff4d5b9be81b6d3b4052e4engU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Open DataPublicHazard and Disaster Risk (Midwest Conservation Blueprint 2024 Indicator) [United States]Web servicesUnited States2024