soil
ssurgo
septic
foundation
drainage
site
read-only
free
free

Soil context & site constraints (USDA SSURGO): septic, foundation, drainage, shrink-swell

Returns USDA NRCS SSURGO map-unit ratings at a point: dwellings with or without basements, septic-field, and shallow-excavation limits, plus drainage, hydric rating, slope, shrink-swell, and water-table and bedrock depths. For agents. Not a perc test, permit, or buildability finding. Urban points often return out_of_coverage. Use this when you can call Locus free tools (REST tools/call or MCP). Use locus-soil-context instead when your client can only call paid x402 routes; it returns the same records. Direct flat-body route for this one free resource; no API key, payment, or catalog wrapper. Return only the cited bounded evidence described here; this route never produces a paid brief or full report.

post/api/locus_soil_context

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.locus.report
  • URL: https://api.locus.report/api/locus_soil_context
  • Auth: none required

Request body

addressstring

Optional US street address or place; NC uses AddressNC first, other areas use the national geocoder fallback when latitude/longitude are not provided.

latitudenumber

Optional decimal latitude; provide with longitude to skip address geocoding.

longitudenumber

Optional decimal longitude; provide with latitude to skip address geocoding.

Response

Free cited evidence response.

object required

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.