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Baltimore County, Maryland

Baltimore County covers 598 square miles of land. Below is what the Isopleth API returned at the Census Bureau's interior point for the county (39.44317, -76.61657) on 2026-10-29. The ground sits at 111 m (364 ft) on a 9.4° slope, the mapped soil is well drained, it is outside a mapped FEMA floodplain, the nearest 69 kV+ substation is 1.7 km (1.1 mi) away and a major road is 879 m 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 240010_STUDY1
Inside a mapped floodplainNoFEMA_NFHL Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage 240010_STUDY1
Wildfire, annual frequency0.0000083 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Tornado, annual frequency0.00073 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Hail, annual frequency3.6 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Current drought categoryD0USDM_CURRENT The U.S. Drought Monitor is jointly produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the United States Department of Agriculture, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Map courtesy of NDMC.
vintage US Drought Monitor map valid 20261020
On a mapped wetlandNoUSFWS_NWI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Nearest mapped wetland199 mUSFWS_NWI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Elevation111 m (364 ft)USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
vintage 3DEP 1/3 arc-second seamless DEM
Slope9.4°USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
Soil drainageWell drainedUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO MD005 mukey 2424667
Soil hydrologic groupCUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO MD005 mukey 2424667
Farmland classPrimeUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO MD005 mukey 2424667
Land useDevelopedUSFS_LCMS USDA Forest Service
vintage USFS LCMS CONUS 2025 annual (30 m)
Crop or cover (CDL)Developed/Low IntensityUSDA_CDL U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage USDA CDL 2025 (30 m)
Tree canopy21%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)1,214 mm (48 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 year28 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)4.23 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 m6.3 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 factor33%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 substation (69 kV+)1.7 km (1.1 mi)EIA_POWER U.S. Energy Information Administration
Nearest gas pipeline7.0 km (4.4 mi)EIA_ATLAS U.S. Energy Information Administration
Electric utilityBALTIMORE GAS & ELECTRIC COEIA_POWER U.S. Energy Information Administration
vintage HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories
In a public water service areaYesEPA_CWS_SERVICE_AREAS U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
vintage V3.0 (2026-03-17)
Depth to water, nearest monitored well-0.1 m (-0 ft)USGS_NWIS_OGC U.S. Geological Survey
vintage USGS Water Data discrete groundwater-level field measurements (latest per well)
Nearest major road879 mOVERTURE_TRANSPORTATION © Overture Maps Foundation, © OpenStreetMap contributors
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest fire station2.3 km (1.4 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest hospital1.3 km (0.8 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest school555 mOVERTURE_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: 2,293,824 parcels in 24 counties. Baltimore County has 302,821 of them. Published by Maryland Department of Planning; State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) (Public, attribution); SDAT assessments May 2026, refreshed quarterly.

Share of parcels with each column filled: site address 88%, total value 94%, land use 96%, sale date 91%, zoning 74%, year built 82%. Not published here: owner name.

The parcel under the sample point is 0.3 acres, land use “Residential”; its public record includes site address, mailing address, total value, land value, sale price, sale date, year built, legal description, land-use code. parcel_enrich returns that record for any parcel you ask about, and parcel_search finds parcels by acreage, land use or value.

Look up your own site

curl https://api.isopleth.dev/v1/fetch -H "Authorization: Bearer $ISOPLETH_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"lat": 39.443167, "lng": -76.616569, "preset": "site_selection"}'

Or ask your assistant through the MCP server: “Using Isopleth, check flood zone, wetlands, soils and distance to power for [your address in Baltimore County, Maryland].”

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