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McKenzie County, North Dakota

McKenzie County covers 2,760 square miles of land. Below is what the Isopleth API returned at the Census Bureau's interior point for the county (47.74247, -103.40322) on 2026-10-29. The ground sits at 668 m (2,192 ft) on a 3.7° slope, the mapped soil is excessively drained, it is outside a mapped FEMA floodplain, the nearest 69 kV+ substation is 6.4 km (4.0 mi) away and a major road is 5.4 km (3.4 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 38053C_STUDY1
Inside a mapped floodplainNoFEMA_NFHL Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage 38053C_STUDY1
Wildfire, annual frequency0.0014 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Tornado, annual frequency0.097 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Hail, annual frequency2.0 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Current drought categoryD2USDM_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 wetland248 mUSFWS_NWI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Elevation668 m (2,192 ft)USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
vintage 3DEP 1/3 arc-second seamless DEM
Slope3.7°USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
Soil drainageExcessively drainedUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO ND053 mukey 2715086
Soil hydrologic groupAUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO ND053 mukey 2715086
Farmland classPrimeUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO ND053 mukey 2715086
Land useOtherUSFS_LCMS USDA Forest Service
vintage USFS LCMS CONUS 2025 annual (30 m)
Crop or cover (CDL)Grass/PastureUSDA_CDL U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage USDA CDL 2025 (30 m)
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)401 mm (16 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)3.94 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 m7.2 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 factor35%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 line433 mEIA_ATLAS U.S. Energy Information Administration
Nearest substation (69 kV+)6.4 km (4.0 mi)EIA_POWER U.S. Energy Information Administration
Nearest gas pipeline1.5 km (0.9 mi)EIA_ATLAS U.S. Energy Information Administration
Electric utilityMCKENZIE ELECTRIC COOP INCEIA_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 well15.2 m (50 ft)USGS_NWIS_OGC U.S. Geological Survey
vintage USGS Water Data discrete groundwater-level field measurements (latest per well)
Nearest major road5.4 km (3.4 mi)OVERTURE_TRANSPORTATION © Overture Maps Foundation, © OpenStreetMap contributors
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest fire station7.4 km (4.6 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest hospital11.5 km (7.2 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest school11.4 km (7.1 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: 742,003 parcels in 53 counties. McKenzie County has 18,863 of them. Published by North Dakota GIS Hub; counties (Public); Updated per county monthly to yearly (rural focus), refreshed quarterly.

Not published here: owner name, site address, total value, land use, sale date, zoning, year built.

The parcel under the sample point is 161.0 acres; its public record includes PLSS section. 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": 47.742475, "lng": -103.403215, "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 McKenzie County, North Dakota].”

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