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Washington County, Rhode Island

Washington County covers 329 square miles of land. Below is what the Isopleth API returned at the Census Bureau's interior point for the county (41.39679, -71.62028) on 2026-10-29. The ground sits at 43 m (140 ft) on a 5.2° slope, the mapped soil is well drained, it is outside a mapped FEMA floodplain, the nearest 69 kV+ substation is 4.7 km (2.9 mi) away and a major road is 543 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 44009C_FIS1
Inside a mapped floodplainNoFEMA_NFHL Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage 44009C_FIS1
Wildfire, annual frequency0.000021 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Tornado, annual frequency0.0021 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
Hail, annual frequency1.5 events a yearFEMA_NRI Federal Emergency Management Agency
vintage December 2025
On a mapped wetlandNoUSFWS_NWI U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Elevation43 m (140 ft)USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
vintage 3DEP 1/3 arc-second seamless DEM
Slope5.2°USGS_3DEP_COG U.S. Geological Survey
Soil drainageWell drainedUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO RI600 mukey 286226
Soil hydrologic groupBUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO RI600 mukey 286226
Farmland classPrimeUSDA_SSURGO U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage SSURGO RI600 mukey 286226
Land useForestUSFS_LCMS USDA Forest Service
vintage USFS LCMS CONUS 2025 annual (30 m)
Crop or cover (CDL)Developed/Open SpaceUSDA_CDL U.S. Department of Agriculture
vintage USDA CDL 2025 (30 m)
Tree canopy62%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)1,200 mm (47 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 year2 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)4.02 kWh/m²/dayJRC_PVGIS_NSRDB See source_url
Mean wind speed at 100 m7.6 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 factor40%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+)4.7 km (2.9 mi)EIA_POWER U.S. Energy Information Administration
Nearest gas pipeline19.7 km (12.3 mi)EIA_ATLAS U.S. Energy Information Administration
Electric utilityBLOCK ISLAND UTILITY DISTRICTEIA_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)
Nearest major road543 mOVERTURE_TRANSPORTATION © Overture Maps Foundation, © OpenStreetMap contributors
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest FCC antenna structure1.5 km (0.9 mi)FCC_ASR Federal Communications Commission
vintage FCC ASR weekly extract Sun Oct 25 06:21:42 EDT 2026
Nearest fire station2.0 km (1.3 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest hospital5.2 km (3.2 mi)OVERTURE_PLACES © Overture Maps Foundation
vintage 2026-10-21.0
Nearest school2.8 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 Rhode Island. No free statewide parcel layer with clear reuse terms. Every point field on this page still works at any coordinate in Rhode Island; 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": 41.396792, "lng": -71.620282, "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 Washington County, Rhode Island].”

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