Determining Farmland or Floodplain Classification for SSc1

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Farmland or floodplain?

The following steps can be used to document whether your LEED project site is classified as farmland or as floodplain relative to the requirements for SSc1 in NC v2.2, NC v2009, CS, and Schools rating systems.

Steps to determine if a site is prime farmland

The following steps work for U.S. land included in the USDA soil survey database.

1.) Go to http://websoilsurvey.nrcs.usda.gov/  Click the green "Start WSS" button to run the application

2.) Go to the "Quick Navigation" bar and then the "Navigate By" bar

3.) Enter the project address or other known data; OR Use the zoom tool to find the project site

4.) Once the project site is in the viewer, click on the AOI (Area of Interest) button either the rectangle  or polygon  depending on the shape of the project site.

5.) Delineate the site with the tool and double click to finish.

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Jeremy Poling Manager Transwestern
Jun 01 2011
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International Soil Surveys or Flood Plain Maps

Does anyone have familiarity with international sources for the same data noted above? I am not thinking of any country in specific, but it would in general be beneficial to have a listing of non-US sources.

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Tristan Roberts Editorial Director – LEEDuser, BuildingGreen, Inc. Sep 02 2011 Moderator

Jeremy, this info is tough to find. Maybe some folks out there on the forum can make specific notes about countries they have been working in.

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