Know your land lookup
Free soil, flood, wetland, and well record checks before you dig.
- Enter address. Type your address or county and pick your state.
- Soils. Open Web Soil Survey to see if the soil suits a septic field, a pond, or footings.
- Flood zones. Open the FEMA flood map to see if any of the land is in a flood zone.
- Wetlands. Open the Wetlands Mapper, and ask the Army Corps before you fill or dig in a wet spot.
- Well records. Open your state's well records to see how deep nearby wells were drilled.
Words to know: Web Soil Survey · Perc test · Casing
Related: How to read a well log