This atlas was designed based on the maps associated with the Hillsborough County Community Vulnerability Study (CVS) that were created to spatially locate exposure for built environment, population and ecologic features within Hillsborough County to sea level rise and storm surge in the year 2045. Sea level rise and storm surge data sets were provided by the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council and follow the recommendations of the Climate Science Advisory Panel (2019), which was created to determine a unified projection for the region.
The scenarios used are:
A summary of findings can be read in the Hillsborough County Vulnerability Report (2020).