---
title: "Static risk & context dossier for a US location."
method: GET
path: "/api/geo/location-dossier"
tags: ["geo"]
---

# Static risk & context dossier for a US location.

`GET /api/geo/location-dossier`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://2s.io`
- URL: `https://2s.io/api/geo/location-dossier`
- Auth: API key in header `PAYMENT-SIGNATURE`

Static risk & context dossier for a US location. Pass lat+lon or a US address (geocoded for you). Composes five authoritative, keyless federal sources into one answer an agent cannot derive from training: Census place context (county, state, census tract, congressional district), FEMA flood zone + Special-Flood-Hazard-Area status, USGS ASCE 7-16 seismic design parameters (Ss, S1, SDS, SD1, seismic design category, PGA), the nearest NOAA/GHCN climate station, and — when a zip is supplied — US Census ACS 5-year demographics. Each layer is isolated: one source failing does not fail the rest. This is the slow-moving structural-risk picture (siting, insurance, due diligence), distinct from real-time weather/earthquake conditions.

## Query parameters

- `lat` number
- `lon` number
- `address` string
- `zip` string
- `riskCategory` 'I' | 'II' | 'III' | 'IV'
- `siteClass` 'A' | 'B' | 'C' | 'D' | 'E'
- `trial` 1

## Other responses

- `200` (unresolved $ref)
- `400`: Invalid request — not charged. error.code: BAD_REQUEST or INVALID_PARAM (parameter validation; error.details.issues lists each problem), MALFORMED_JSON, or a request-specific code. Other client errors: 405 METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED (wrong verb; see the Allow header), 413 PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE.
- `402`: Payment required. Body is the x402 PaymentRequirements envelope with a multi-network accepts array; the per-call price is in accepts[].amount (and on the operation as x-2s-price). Sign for whichever rail you hold USDC on (EIP-3009 for Base, partial SPL transfer for Solana) and retry with the PAYMENT-SIGNATURE header (X-PAYMENT also accepted for v1 clients). Also PAYMENT_SETTLE_FAILED (error envelope) when a verified payment failed to settle: error.details.chargeStatus is "not_charged" (retry with a fresh payment) or "unknown" (the authorization may still settle before its deadline — check it before retrying).
- `404`: Not found — NOT_FOUND (or NO_SOURCES / NO_OPINIONS): the requested entity does not exist. Not charged.
- `429`: Too many requests — RATE_LIMITED: our per-IP / per-payer limiter. Not charged; retry after Retry-After.
- `5XX`: Server-side failure. 500 INTERNAL: unexpected error; quote error.errorId (also the X-2s-Error-Id header). 502 UPSTREAM_UNAVAILABLE (or another UPSTREAM_* code): the data provider failed — composite endpoints refuse unbilled when every source fails. 503 SERVICE_PAUSED: endpoint paused by the operator kill switch, retry after Retry-After; 503 SPEND_CAP: daily upstream budget exhausted. 504 UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT. Not charged.

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