Resources

DATA SOURCES

• AGRICULTURE

  • NASS (USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service): Information on all agriculture production, various levels

  • RMA (USDA Risk Management Agency)

    • RMA SOB: Summary of business, county-level

    • RMA COL: Historical cause of loss data, county-level

  • BEA REIS (BEA Regional Economic Information System): U.S. economic activity and growth, county-level

  • SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic Data):  Soil data in digital format, county-level

• CLIMATE

  • PRISM: Gridded spatial Climate Datasets, grid-level 

  • NOAA: Climate Data such as temperature, precipitation/drought, degree days,  station-level

  • WOLFRAM SCHLENKER (COLUMBIA): Fine-scaled weather data set

  • US Drought Monitor:  Weekly US Drought Monitor categories, county-level.

• FOOD

  • BLS CE (BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys): Data on expenditures, income, and demographic characteristics of consumers, county-level

• HEALTH

  • CDC NORS (CDC National Outbreak Reporting System):  Outbreaks dataset (foodborne, waterborne, environmental), state-level

  • FDA Recall data: FDA Recall data, city-level

• OTHERS

  • CENSUS Demographic:  Population characteristics (age, sex, race), county-level

  • NAIC: Insurance data, state-level