Primary code by acreage
primary_wetland_code_by_acreage
Optional
Cowardin code of the LARGEST-ACREAGE wetland within the radius. This is what v1.0 reported in nearest_wetland_code; it is preserved here under its true name.
USFWS Wetlands Proximity Screener - Section 404 Site Risk API
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Wetland due-diligence API for site selection: per lat/lon site, wetland presence within radius, Cowardin classification codes/systems, wetland types, total acreage nearby and a Section 404 dredge-and-fill screening flag. USFWS National Wetlands Inventory open data.
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Asset label
asset_label
Optional
Label of the screened site, as supplied, or "lat,lon" when none was given.
Asset latitude
asset_lat
Optional
Latitude of the screened site (WGS84 decimal degrees).
Asset longitude
asset_lon
Optional
Longitude of the screened site (WGS84 decimal degrees).
Screening radius (m)
radius_meters
Optional
Radius in metres used for the wetland presence check around this site. v1.1 screens a TRUE circle; v1.0 used a bounding box that reached sqrt(2)*R at its corners and over-reported by 26.7-45.1 percent at the sites measured live.
Wetland within radius
wetland_within_radius
Optional
True when at least one NWI-mapped wetland polygon intersects the circular screening radius. False only when the radius query succeeded and returned nothing. NULL when the radius query was unavailable - null means NOT CHECKED, never "clear".
Wetland feature count
wetland_count
Optional
Number of distinct NWI wetland polygons intersecting the screening radius. This is the exact server-side count when the count query succeeded, so it stays correct even if the feature pages were truncated.
Cowardin codes
cowardin_codes
Optional
Unique NWI Cowardin classification codes (ATTRIBUTE) within the radius, e.g. L1UBH, PEM1C, PFO1/2C.
Cowardin systems (v1.0 labels)
cowardin_systems
Optional
Decoded Cowardin system names in the verbose v1.0 wording, kept unchanged for pipelines keyed to it. Prefer cowardin_system_names, which comes from the authoritative NWI code table.
Wetland types
wetland_types
Optional
Unique plain-English NWI wetland types (WETLAND_TYPE) within the radius, e.g. Lake, Freshwater Emergent Wetland, Estuarine and Marine Wetland.
Nearest wetland type
nearest_wetland_type
Optional
Plain-English NWI type of the TRUE nearest wetland polygon. In v1.0 this field held the largest-acreage feature instead; v1.1 measures the nearest and preserves the old meaning in primary_wetland_type_by_acreage. See distance_method for how it was resolved.
Nearest wetland Cowardin code
nearest_wetland_code
Optional
Cowardin classification code of the TRUE nearest wetland polygon.
Total acres within radius
total_acres_within_radius
Optional
Sum of NWI ACRES across every wetland polygon intersecting the radius. NULL when the feature set was truncated - a sum over an arbitrary subset is a wrong answer, not a partial one.
Section 404 screening flag
section_404_flag
Optional
True when a mapped wetland or deepwater habitat is present within the radius, indicating the site may trigger Clean Water Act Section 404 permitting and a formal wetland delineation. NULL when any contributing NWI query was unavailable. Screening indicator only - NOT a jurisdictional determination.
Error
error
Optional
Error message on an ERROR row (bad coordinates, or every NWI query failing for this site). Null on a successful row.
Checked at
checked_at
Optional
ISO 8601 UTC timestamp of the screening run.
Source URL
source_url
Optional
USFWS National Wetlands Inventory MapServer layer the wetland data came from.
NWI source status
nwi_status
Optional
Overall outcome of the NWI reads for this site: ok, partial (some data retrieved, some missing or truncated), or unavailable.
NWI error detail
nwi_error
Optional
Concatenated per-query failure messages when anything went wrong. Null on a fully clean row.
On-site query status
onsite_query_status
Optional
Outcome of the point-in-polygon query: ok or unavailable.
Radius query status
radius_query_status
Optional
Outcome of the circular radius query: ok, partial (truncated at the page cap) or unavailable.
Nearest query status
nearest_query_status
Optional
Outcome of the nearest-wetland search: ok, none_within_search_radius, skipped (turned off via computeNearestDistance) or unavailable.
Data partial
data_partial
Optional
True when this row was built from an incomplete set of NWI reads. Read it before trusting any count or acreage on the row.
Results truncated
results_truncated
Optional
True when the NWI service reported exceededTransferLimit and the page cap was reached, so not every polygon in the radius was retrieved. Acreage and composition fields are nulled out when this is true.
Query geometry method
query_geometry_method
Optional
Which geometry was sent to the service: circle_buffer (a true point + distance query, the v1.1 default) or bbox_envelope (the v1.0 fallback, which over-reports).
Server-reported count
wetland_count_reported_by_server
Optional
Exact polygon count returned by a returnCountOnly query against the same circle. Compare against the number of retrieved features to detect truncation independently.
Wetland on site
wetland_on_site
Optional
True when the site coordinate itself falls inside a mapped NWI wetland polygon (a true point-in-polygon test, distance parameters omitted - distance=0 returns nothing on this service). NULL when the point-in-polygon query was unavailable.
On-site Cowardin code
on_site_wetland_code
Optional
Cowardin classification code of the wetland polygon containing the site coordinate. Null when the site is not inside one.
On-site wetland type
on_site_wetland_type
Optional
Plain-English NWI type of the wetland polygon containing the site coordinate.
On-site wetland acres
on_site_wetland_acres
Optional
NWI-reported acreage of the wetland polygon containing the site coordinate.
On-site Cowardin system
on_site_system_name
Optional
Cowardin system of the on-site polygon (Palustrine, Lacustrine, Riverine, Estuarine, Marine) from the NWI code table.
On-site Cowardin class
on_site_class_name
Optional
Cowardin class of the on-site polygon, e.g. Emergent, Forested, Scrub-Shrub, Unconsolidated Bottom.
On-site water regime
on_site_water_regime_name
Optional
Cowardin water regime of the on-site polygon, e.g. Seasonally Flooded, Permanently Flooded, Irregularly Flooded.
On-site NWI OBJECTID
on_site_objectid
Optional
NWI OBJECTID of the polygon containing the site coordinate, for cross-reference against the Wetlands Mapper.
Nearest wetland distance (m)
nearest_wetland_distance_m
Optional
Measured distance in metres from the site coordinate to the boundary of the nearest NWI wetland polygon. 0 when the site is inside one. Null when no wetland lies within the nearest-search radius or the search was skipped. Always read distance_method with this value.
Nearest distance lower bound (m)
nearest_wetland_distance_lower_bound_m
Optional
Lower bound established by the server-side distance bisection. The true distance lies between this and the reported value plus the tolerance.
Nearest distance tolerance (m)
nearest_wetland_distance_tolerance_m
Optional
Accuracy envelope of the reported distance, in metres: the polygon generalization tolerance for a geometry_measured value, or the bisection bracket width for a ring_bisection value.
Nearest wetland bearing
nearest_wetland_bearing_deg
Optional
Compass bearing in degrees (0-360, 0 = north) from the site to the closest point on the nearest wetland. Null when the distance came from the bisection only.
Nearest wetland direction
nearest_wetland_direction
Optional
16-point compass label for nearest_wetland_bearing_deg, e.g. N, ENE, SSW.
Nearest wetland acres
nearest_wetland_acres
Optional
NWI-reported acreage of the nearest wetland polygon.
Nearest NWI OBJECTID
nearest_wetland_objectid
Optional
NWI OBJECTID of the nearest wetland polygon.
Nearest Cowardin system
nearest_wetland_system_name
Optional
Cowardin system of the nearest wetland polygon.
Nearest Cowardin subsystem
nearest_wetland_subsystem_name
Optional
Cowardin subsystem of the nearest polygon, e.g. Limnetic, Littoral, Intertidal, Lower Perennial. Blank for Palustrine, which has no subsystem.
Nearest Cowardin class
nearest_wetland_class_name
Optional
Cowardin class of the nearest wetland polygon.
Nearest Cowardin subclass
nearest_wetland_subclass_name
Optional
Cowardin subclass of the nearest polygon, e.g. Persistent, Broad-Leaved Deciduous, Needle-Leaved Evergreen.
Nearest water regime
nearest_wetland_water_regime_name
Optional
Cowardin water regime of the nearest wetland polygon.
Nearest water regime subgroup
nearest_wetland_water_regime_subgroup
Optional
Nontidal, Saltwater Tidal or Freshwater Tidal for the nearest polygon. Tidal waters are categorically waters of the United States.
Nearest special modifiers
nearest_wetland_modifiers
Optional
Cowardin special modifiers on the nearest polygon, e.g. Excavated, Diked/Impounded, Farmed, Partially Drained/Ditched, Beaver.
Nearest within search radius
nearest_wetland_within_search_radius
Optional
True when a wetland was found inside nearest_search_radius_m, false when the search completed and found none, null when the search did not run.
Nearest search radius (m)
nearest_search_radius_m
Optional
Radius in metres searched for the nearest wetland. Independent of radius_meters, so a site can read "no wetland within 300 m" and still report the closest one 1,391 m away.
Distance method
distance_method
Optional
How nearest_wetland_distance_m was produced: point_in_polygon (exact, site is inside), geometry_measured (measured against the polygon boundary in WGS84), ring_bisection (bracketed by server-side distance queries, upper bound reported), none_within_search_radius, skipped or unavailable. A proxy is never reported as a measurement.
Nearest basis
nearest_basis
Optional
One sentence explaining exactly how the nearest wetland was resolved, for the audit trail.
Primary code by acreage
primary_wetland_code_by_acreage
Optional
Cowardin code of the LARGEST-ACREAGE wetland within the radius. This is what v1.0 reported in nearest_wetland_code; it is preserved here under its true name.
Primary type by acreage
primary_wetland_type_by_acreage
Optional
Plain-English type of the largest-acreage wetland within the radius.
Primary wetland acres
primary_wetland_acres
Optional
Acreage of the largest-acreage wetland within the radius.
Cowardin system names
cowardin_system_names
Optional
Authoritative Cowardin system names present within the radius, from the NWI code table join: Palustrine, Lacustrine, Riverine, Estuarine, Marine.
Cowardin subsystem names
cowardin_subsystem_names
Optional
Cowardin subsystems present within the radius: Limnetic, Littoral, Subtidal, Intertidal, Tidal, Lower Perennial, Upper Perennial, Intermittent.
Cowardin class names
cowardin_class_names
Optional
Cowardin classes present within the radius: Emergent, Forested, Scrub-Shrub, Unconsolidated Bottom, Aquatic Bed, Unconsolidated Shore, Rocky Shore, Reef, Streambed, Rock Bottom, Moss-Lichen Wetland.
Cowardin subclass names
cowardin_subclass_names
Optional
Cowardin subclasses present within the radius, e.g. Persistent, Broad-Leaved Deciduous, Needle-Leaved Evergreen. This is the vegetation detail a delineator needs.
Cowardin split class names
cowardin_split_class_names
Optional
Second class of any split-class polygon (a code like PFO2/SS3C is Forested over Scrub-Shrub). Present on real mixed-vegetation mapping units.
Water regime names
cowardin_water_regime_names
Optional
Cowardin water regimes present within the radius, e.g. Temporary Flooded, Seasonally Flooded, Semipermanently Flooded, Permanently Flooded, Irregularly Flooded. This drives hydrology expectations on a delineation.
Water regime subgroups
cowardin_water_regime_subgroups
Optional
Nontidal, Saltwater Tidal and/or Freshwater Tidal across the radius.
Special modifiers
cowardin_special_modifiers
Optional
Cowardin special modifiers present within the radius: Excavated, Diked/Impounded, Farmed, Partially Drained/Ditched, Artificial Substrate, Spoil, Beaver. These bear directly on whether a feature is jurisdictional.
Acres by wetland type
acres_by_wetland_type
Optional
Per-type breakdown within the radius: [{ wetland_type, count, acres }], sorted by acreage. Empty when the feature set was truncated.
Acres by Cowardin system
acres_by_system
Optional
Per-system breakdown within the radius: [{ system_name, count, acres }], sorted by acreage. Empty when the feature set was truncated.
Palustrine acres
palustrine_acres
Optional
Total Palustrine (marsh, swamp, bog, pond) acreage within the radius. Null when the feature set was truncated.
Lacustrine acres
lacustrine_acres
Optional
Total Lacustrine (lake and reservoir) acreage within the radius.
Riverine acres
riverine_acres
Optional
Total Riverine (river and stream channel) acreage within the radius.
Estuarine acres
estuarine_acres
Optional
Total Estuarine (tidal, river-meets-sea) acreage within the radius.
Marine acres
marine_acres
Optional
Total Marine (open ocean and coastline) acreage within the radius.
Largest wetland acres
largest_wetland_acres
Optional
Acreage of the single largest wetland polygon within the radius.
Smallest wetland acres
smallest_wetland_acres
Optional
Acreage of the single smallest wetland polygon within the radius. Small isolated Palustrine features are the ones most likely to be contested post-Sackett.
Tidal wetland present
tidal_wetland_present
Optional
True when an Estuarine or Marine system, or any tidal water regime, is mapped within the radius. NULL when the radius query was unavailable.
Deepwater habitat present
deepwater_habitat_present
Optional
True when a Cowardin deepwater habitat (Lacustrine Limnetic, Marine or Estuarine Subtidal, or perennial Riverine channel) is mapped within the radius. Deepwater habitats are waters of the United States rather than wetlands, and carry a different Section 404 posture.
Excavated or impounded present
excavated_or_impounded_present
Optional
True when a mapped feature carries an Excavated, Diked/Impounded, Artificial Substrate, Spoil or Artificially Flooded modifier.
Farmed or drained present
farmed_or_drained_present
Optional
True when a mapped feature carries a Farmed or Partially Drained/Ditched modifier. Prior-converted cropland may be excluded from Section 404 jurisdiction.
Jurisdictional likelihood
jurisdictional_likelihood
Optional
Screening-level likelihood that a Section 404 water is present at or beside the site: high, moderate, low, or none_mapped. NULL when any contributing query was unavailable. Read jurisdictional_basis for the reasoning. Not a jurisdictional determination.
Jurisdictional basis
jurisdictional_basis
Optional
The specific facts that produced jurisdictional_likelihood, one sentence each - the audit trail a reviewer can check.
Delineation recommended
delineation_recommended
Optional
True when the screen indicates a formal wetland delineation is warranted before ground disturbance. NULL when the screen could not be completed.
Section 404 basis
section_404_basis
Optional
The specific facts behind section_404_flag, including the caveat that a false flag applies only to the stated radius.