Maps and Data for Insight & Action

Mērak Labs empowers organizations with actionable insights to build resilient, sustainable futures.

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Partners and
clients

  • Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission
  • LISC Jacksonville
  • Port Royal Sound Foundation
  • Smart North Florida
  • The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida
  • 3Rwater
  • RISE Resilience Innovations

Awards

Make resilience actionable.

Mērak Labs is a resilience analytics company. We help communities plan for the future they want instead of reacting to what comes. Local leaders, planners, and residents use our work to understand their risks, prepare early, and make a clear case for the funding and investment they need.

Three people at a pickup truck beside a mountain creek at dusk, reviewing a flood map on a tablet while one points toward homes along the water.

  1. Identify

    Map risk parcel by parcel, combining local knowledge with infrastructure, environmental, and social data.

  2. Prioritize

    Rank where action will do the most good, so limited budgets go to the places that need them first.

  3. Act

    Deliver practical, low-cost strategies and the evidence to justify the investment.

What we build

Four ways we help communities see what’s at stake, decide what to do first, and put resources where they’ll do the most good.

  • Flood zones and buildings along Levisa Fork in Grundy, Virginia, with buildings in the floodplain in amber

    Risk analysis

    Parcel-level analysis of the risks a place faces, from flooding, heat, and water quality to housing, economic, and social vulnerability.

  • Water-quality monitoring sites across the Port Royal Sound watersheds

    Monitoring and insight

    Sensors, gauges, weather services, and field data brought together into timely information a community can act on.

  • Duval County neighborhood boundaries with three neighborhoods highlighted

    Data platforms

    Custom web apps and dashboards that put parcel, county, and field data in front of the people making decisions.

    In practice: Lighthouse, PRSound Science, Project Guardian

  • Parcel boundaries in the lower Ala Wai watershed, Honolulu, with many lots shaded in blue

    Adaptation planning

    Practical, prioritized strategies, from green stormwater retrofits to housing and land-use decisions, shaped with local input and backed by evidence funders trust.

“We were blown away. This was the first time we had access to something this comprehensive, accurate, and immediately useful for a community like ours. It mapped flooding and the downstream effects—landslides, mine blowouts, debris risks—and helped us see exactly where to act. The team’s responsiveness made all the difference. This is the kind of work small communities truly need.”

Debbie Milton
Director of Planning, Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commission

“This data solution can help us create a more inclusive financial system that removes systemic disparities.”

Kristopher Smith
Senior Program Officer and National Heirs Practice Lead, LISC

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