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Iroquois County, Illinois

Iroquois County covers 1,117 square miles of land. Below is what the Isopleth API returned at the Census Bureau's interior point for the county (40.74887, -87.83360) on 2026-10-29. The ground sits at 197 m (647 ft) on a 0.5° slope, the mapped soil is poorly drained, it is outside a mapped FEMA floodplain, the nearest 69 kV+ substation is 8.4 km (5.2 mi) away and a major road is 2.4 km (1.5 mi) away. Values describe that one point, not the whole county; look up your own address or coordinates for your site.

Sample point values

fieldvaluesource
FEMA flood zoneXFEMA_NFHL Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage 17075C_STUDY1
Inside a mapped floodplainNoFEMA_NFHL Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage 17075C_STUDY1
Wildfire, annual frequency0.000025 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Tornado, annual frequency0.17 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Hail, annual frequency2.8 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
On a mapped wetlandNoUSFWS_NWI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Nearest mapped wetland435 mUSFWS_NWI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Elevation197 m (647 ft)USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
vintage 3DEP 1/3 arc-second seamless DEM
Slope0.5°USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
Soil drainagePoorly drainedUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO IL075 mukey 175559
Soil hydrologic groupA/DUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO IL075 mukey 175559
Farmland classPrime if conditions metUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO IL075 mukey 175559
Land useAgricultureUSFS_LCMS USDA Forest Service
vintage USFS LCMS CONUS 2025 annual (30 m)
Crop or cover (CDL)CornUSDA_CDL U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage USDA CDL 2025 (30 m)
Dominant crop, 5 yearsCornUSDA_CDL U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage USDA CDL 2021-2025 dominant-crop mode
Tree canopy0%USFS_NLCD_TCC USDA Forest Service
vintage USFS/MRLC NLCD Tree Canopy Cover (latest annual, 30 m)
On protected land (PAD-US)NoPAD_US USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US)
vintage USGS PAD-US 4.1 (Protection Mechanism Category combined layer)
Surface managerPrivate or unknownBLM_SMA Bureau of Land Management
Annual precipitation (normal)970 mm (38 in)NOAA_NCEI_NORMALS_GRIDDED National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
vintage NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 gridded (nClimGrid) monthly normals v1.0, annual layers
Days above 32 °C a year19 daysNOAA_NCEI_NCLIMGRID_DAILY National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
vintage NOAA nClimGrid-Daily v1.0 (scaled), 1991-2020 mean annual day counts
Solar resource (GHI)4.17 kWh/m²/dayNREL_SOLAR_RESOURCE_V1 NREL Solar Resource Data (NSRDB)
vintage NREL PSM v3 multiyear annual average (1998-2016, ~4 km, Americas)
Mean wind speed at 100 m7.0 m/sNREL_WIND_TOOLKIT NREL WIND Toolkit (Draxl et al., 2015)
vintage NREL WIND Toolkit CONUS v1.0.0, 2007-2013 (5-min, 2 km)
Wind capacity factor36%NREL_REV_LANDBASED_WIND_SC_2024 NREL reV supply curves, Open Energy Data Initiative (OEDI)
vintage NREL reV land-based wind SC 2024 (Open access)
Nearest transmission line791 mEIA_ATLAS U.S. Energy Information Administration
Nearest substation (69 kV+)8.4 km (5.2 mi)EIA_POWER U.S. Energy Information Administration
Nearest gas pipeline874 mEIA_ATLAS U.S. Energy Information Administration
Electric utilityEASTERN ILLINOIS ELEC COOPEIA_POWER U.S. Energy Information Administration
vintage HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories
In a public water service areaNoEPA_CWS_SERVICE_AREAS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
vintage V3.0 (2026-03-17)
Depth to water, nearest monitored well9.4 m (31 ft)USGS_NWIS_OGC U.S. Geological Survey
vintage USGS Water Data discrete groundwater-level field measurements (latest per well)
Nearest major road2.4 km (1.5 mi)OVERTURE_TRANSPORTATION © Overture Maps Foundation, © OpenStreetMap contributors
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest fire station9.2 km (5.7 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest hospital8.8 km (5.5 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest school2.7 km (1.7 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
In an Opportunity ZoneNoHUD_OPPORTUNITY_ZONES U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Fields with no data at this point are left out. See the field catalog for all 351 fields.

Parcels

Parcel records: not offered in Illinois. No free statewide parcel layer with clear reuse terms. Every point field on this page still works at any coordinate in Illinois; see parcel coverage for the 35 states plus DC we cover.

Look up your own site

curl https://api.isopleth.dev/v1/fetch -H "Authorization: Bearer $ISOPLETH_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lat": 40.748867, "lng": -87.833601, "preset": "site_selection"}'

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