Parcel Terrain
Parcel-level terrain intelligence
Parcel insights for flood and crop risk
Parcel Terrain is a solution that instantly enriches every parcel with crucial agricultural and environmental insights. It aggregates field-level agricultural data from trusted sources like the USDA's Cropland Data Layer (CDL) and official FEMA flood risk data, eliminating the need for complex geospatial processing. This enables large-scale risk assessment, market analysis, and site selection that would otherwise require a dedicated team of geospatial experts.
By standardizing and visualizing this critical information at scale, Parcel Terrain streamlines your workflow, allowing for the precise, efficient, and consistent evaluation of properties.
Parcel Terrain can also complement other Cotality Flood & Hazard solutions by adding parcel-level agricultural land cover and FEMA flood hazard context to broader property risk analysis.


Key product attributes
- Parcel Terrain is a structured dataset containing approximately 40 fields
- Coverage is for the United States including DC
- Location and geospatial attributes: FIPS, Spatial Parcel Point ID, CLIP®
- Analytics attributes: crop types, crop percentages, FEMA flood zones, flood type, flood subtype, and flood percentages
- Parcel Terrain is geospatially driven by Spatial Parcel Point ID
- Geometries of the parcel are not included but are available with Cotality SpatialRecord
- AI-ready data (delivered with semantic companion files)
Pricing varies based on volume, geography, and delivery.
FAQ
What is Parcel Terrain?
Parcel Terrain is a location intelligence solution that enriches parcels with agricultural land cover and FEMA flood hazard insights. It helps teams evaluate properties with a standardized, parcel-level environmental context.
What data sources does Parcel Terrain use?
Parcel Terrain aggregates agricultural land cover data from the USDA Cropland Data Layer and flood risk data from official FEMA sources, then standardizes the information for parcel-level analysis. Parcel Terrain is not a real-time analytics engine, a comprehensive land-use classification product, or to be used for legal flood certification.
What attributes are included?
The dataset includes approximately 40 fields, including location and geospatial identifiers such as FIPS, Spatial Parcel Point ID, and CLIP, plus analytics such as crop types, crop percentages, FEMA flood zones, flood type, flood subtype, and flood percentages.
Does Parcel Terrain include parcel geometries?
No. Parcel geometries are available through Cotality SpatialRecord and can be used alongside Parcel Terrain’s Spatial Parcel Point ID.
Where can organizations access Parcel Terrain?
Parcel Terrain is available through AWS, Azure, Databricks, Google Cloud, Flat file, and Snowflake. Pricing varies based on volume, geography, and delivery.
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