Farm risk report · Lower 48 states
Know what's wrong with the land before you buy it.
Flood history by satellite, FEMA zones, wetlands, easements, contamination, protected habitat, soils, rent and yields. A 0 to 100 score and a PDF for your lender or attorney.
Or click it on the map · upload the KML · see an example farm
Free score with a free account · Full report $49 · Pro from $99/mo
Fremont County, Iowa · 651 ac
Real report · Section 13, T67N R43W
- Under water by satellite79% of the land · Mar 31, 2019
- FEMA flood zonenone mapped
- Railroad and I-29cross the land
- Mapped wetlands4 · 4.5 ac
- Contamination nearbynone within 1 mi
- Soils81% prime farmland
Haskell County, Kansas · USGS aerial imagery
What the report checks
Over 25 public records, read for you, in one report.
01
Flooding, mapped and real
The FEMA flood zone, plus every clear satellite image since 2017: how much of the land was under water, when and for how long.
02
Wetlands
Mapped wetlands in acres and the Swampbuster rule: farm them the wrong way and you lose USDA program benefits.
03
Easements and rights-of-way
Conservation and federal wetland easements, pipelines, power lines, railroads and legal road access.
04
Contamination and hazards
Superfund and waste sites, mines and old wells, feedlots, polluted streams, wildfire, sinkholes and landslides.
05
Rules that bind the owner
Endangered species habitat and the species list, highly erodible land and conservation compliance.
06
What the land can earn
Soils, county cash rent and land value, yields, what was planted each year since 2008, wind and solar, climate and groundwater.
How it works
Minutes, not weeks.
1. Draw the boundary
Draw it on the satellite map, or upload the KML, KMZ or shapefile from the listing.
2. We cross it with public records
The tract is checked against federal maps and satellite images for each item, in one pass.
3. Get the score and the PDF
A 0 to 100 score, each finding on a map, in acres, with the date of the record.
What it is not
A screening, not a permit.
- It does not replace a wetland delineation, a Phase I environmental site assessment, a survey or a title search.
- It tells you, before you spend on those, whether the land has a red flag and where it is.
- Built by an environmental consultancy that already runs this report for farms in Brazil.
Questions
Before you start
How does it work?
Find the land on the map, click the section or draw the boundary, and get a free preview score in about 30 seconds. The full report adds every check and comes as a PDF in a few minutes, by email and in your account.
Which states?
All of the lower 48. Some state records, like water permits and wells, are richer in a few states; the report says which.
Do I need the parcel number?
No. You draw the boundary or upload the file from the listing. Parcel lookup comes later.
What is free?
With a free account you get one preview score a month and the 3D terrain of your land. The full report is $49, or 5 a month on Pro.
Can brokers use it for listings?
Yes. Pro includes 5 full reports a month for any listing or client tract, with unlimited free scores. For teams, talk to us.