locus

Official-record property context for agents. Accepts street address or ZIP; street address is best after free lane preflight. Returns a structured public-record artifact. After x402 settlement or seller-escrow, locus_parcel_financials may include the assessor owner-of-record name for the same exact parcel (cited, not a contact); canonical storage stays owner-free. Never valuation, screening, forecasts, or safe/unsafe labels. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Build one public-record packet for a homebuyer, land investor, developer, commercial tenant, or renovation profile. Renovation combines parcel facts, exact-subject permits, USDA basement and soil interpretations, sampled terrain, flood, wetlands, and county radon. Typed profiles control evidence and chargeability. No readiness, feasibility, condition, approval, value, occupancy, or closing verdict. Thin evidence is charge-free. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Research one exact property before a basement, addition, foundation, grading, drainage, waterproofing, or retaining-wall project. The fixed workflow combines parcel facts, exact-subject permits, USDA soil interpretations, sampled terrain, FEMA flood, mapped wetlands, and EPA county radon context. No feasibility, condition, design, cost, value, or construction-readiness conclusion. Thin evidence is charge-free. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Screen one exact US address using verified parcel identity, dated Google Solar roof evidence, utility candidates, cited programs, and a separately labeled historical GridPulse reference. No score, installation recommendation, current incentive claim, or utility-service conclusion. Licensed results are private and no-store. Missing or mismatched physical evidence is charge-free. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Compare three US addresses side by side using verified parcel identity, dated Google Solar roof evidence, utility candidates, cited programs, and one GridPulse reference. No score, winner, or property recommendation. GridPulse figures remain visible as historical context, separate from current incentives and tariffs. Licensed results are private and no-store. Thin physical coverage is charge-free. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Requires bbox [west,south,east,north] WGS84 and beforeDate/afterDate (YYYY-MM-DD, after later). No address input: use free locus_satellite_area_prepare first. Area 1-100 sq km; each side >=500 m; aspect <=8:1. Two dated Copernicus Sentinel-2 images, not detected change or building condition. Imagery metadata only; includeImagery:true inlines base64 PNGs (>128 KB). Private, no-store, REST-only; no charge on source failure. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Compare exactly three US addresses. Returns non-PII RentCast records, bounded Locus checks, deterministic differences, work items, and validated nextCalls. The exact unpaid POST reports current provider readiness before a 402; it does not reserve capacity. Price includes up to nine Turnkey signatures. No winner, valuation, prediction, or recommendation. Private, no-store. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Review one exact property. Returns non-PII RentCast tax history, cited owner programs, work items, and validated nextCalls. The exact unpaid POST reports current provider readiness before a 402; it does not reserve capacity. Price includes one Turnkey signature. No eligibility, savings, appeal, or property recommendation. Private, no-store. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Review one rental property. Returns non-PII RentCast facts, a third-party rent estimate, ZIP market context, Locus/HUD checks, work items, and validated nextCalls. The exact unpaid POST reports current provider readiness before a 402; it does not reserve capacity. Price includes up to three Turnkey signatures. No screening, rent-setting, valuation, or recommendation. Private, no-store. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Surfaces recent and scheduled official-record changes, nearby activity, and physical comparability for one US address so a buyer, owner, or advisor can decide what deserves attention before spending more time or money. One paid call starts a pollable job; its shareable decision report and animated map expire together. Thin or unsupported results return charged:false. Never valuation, screening, forecasting, or safe/unsafe labels. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Just-listed, open-house, or coming-soon flyer for one address from just the address: a 4:5 Instagram-ready PNG with the agent's own colors, logo, contact strip, and headshot. With no licensed subject photo, Locus builds an aerial hero with the official parcel outline when available; the model supplies only the decorative skin. Never valuation, ranking, screening, or safe/unsafe claims. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Async portfolio place-report job for agents. Preflights 3 to 50 addresses, charges one batch price only when at least one item is supported, then returns a pollable job with per-item report ids. Unsupported items remain free diagnostics. No hidden per-item charges, valuation, screening, forecasts, or safe/unsafe labels. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

One async job that runs up to 6 free Locus record lanes (parcel, flood zone, zoning, governing districts, or any free lane by name) across 2-25 addresses in ANY US jurisdiction, results keyed by address. Perfect for: 'check these 20 addresses for flood zone and parcel facts', 'portfolio screen', 'any-jurisdiction records job'. One flat toll per job; unresolved addresses are listed and never charged. Poll statusUrl until complete. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Insurance questions on one US address in one call: the parcel FEMA flood zone with the federal purchase-requirement rule, what NFIP policies in force in the ZIP cost, the ACS 2023 homeowners-insurance cost band by ZIP, county, and state, and a county rebuild-cost proxy per sq ft. Perfect for: 'what will insurance cost here', 'is flood coverage required here'. Sourced ESTIMATES; never a quote. National. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

LLM-assisted research planner for one goal. Selects and ranks only from the closed Locus catalog; Locus server joins rail, price, scope, and availability. Returns a deterministic fallback and charged:false on no key, model failure, or too few validated selections. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Property bill and ordinance analysis for agents. Accepts address, ZIP, city, or county, then resolves governing jurisdictions for bills, agendas, ordinances, zoning, tax, fee, bond, housing, and permit-change artifacts. Never legal advice, political advice, or forecasts. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Read a reviewed, checksum-bound snapshot of local-government finances and audits. Trends and peers keep definitions and periods aligned. Parcel context appears only with a verified official action-and-geography link; proximity alone proves nothing. Do not use this tool for housing, credit, employment, insurance, tenancy, eligibility, or place selection. No score or verdict. Missing, stale, or thin data is charge-free. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Permit, 311 service-request, and code-violation time series for a neighborhood, ZIP, city, or county: monthly counts, year-over-year change, and the cited official datasets behind each series. Coverage comes from the source-card registry and lane availability; unsupported or thin places return a free diagnostic, never a charge. Never forecasts or safe/unsafe labels. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Use after locus_lane_availability says this call has substance here. Pre-decision due-diligence bundle for one street address (parcel, local-change, and bill/ordinance analysis). After x402 settlement or seller-escrow, parcelFacts may include the assessor owner-of-record name for the same exact parcel (cited, not a contact); optional context only frames the output. Not inspection, appraisal, valuation, screening, or legal advice. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Six cited owner-action lanes for one US address: curated and derived programs, exact program dates, the state appeal rule, state tax framing plus county source pointer, FEMA LOMA point-elevation screen when applicable, and the parcel special-valuation screen. Returns charged:false unless at least two sections are substantive. Lists programs and rules only; no eligibility or action recommendation. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Resolve one US property point, keep documented USGS inventory history separate from the source-native n10 90-meter susceptibility value, and return cited unanswered questions and professional follow-up. No probability, property safety label, or engineering conclusion. Charge-free unless both national components answer. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Whether a permit FILED on this exact parcel was closed out or left open, read from the jurisdiction's permit system of record. Perfect for: 'is the permit on this house closed out', 'are there open permits before closing', 'was the work finaled'. Coverage: Raleigh, Durham, Wake County, Austin, Seattle, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City. Uncertain or unavailable evidence is charge-free. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Address-level EPA environmental public-record context (heavier call: allow 60-90s): TRI/RCRA proximity plus SDWIS water systems from address, point, or state+county. Provenance and verify links; facility context, not incident confirmation or a safety verdict. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Historical location-specific air-quality evidence: nearby EPA AQS annual monitor summaries, exact-point NOAA HMS satellite smoke days, and clearly separated CDC county-level modeled PM2.5 only where a requested year lacks nearby AQS PM2.5. This is not wildfire hazard, source-fire attribution, medical advice, or a safe/unsafe property score. Missing mirror years are disclosed and never treated as clean air. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Recorded-sale comparables for one US address or point: comp rows (parcel, site address, sale date, price, and price per land square foot where lot acreage is published) within 1500m over 24 months, plus median price, price range, and a coarse up/flat/down trend. From official county assessor/parcel records; arithmetic only, never owner/buyer/seller, never a valuation or AVM. A thin area returns a free charge-suppressed diagnostic. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Verified residential US property record for one street address: assessed value, actual annual property tax, 5yr tax history, effective rate, deed/transfer history, and an owner-occupied (homestead-proxy) signal. Sourced from RentCast (county assessor + recorder records); not an official bill or valuation; never owner names/mailing. Commercial/uncovered addresses return a free charge-free diagnostic. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Residential rent context for one US address: RentCast third-party long-term rent estimate, range, and comparable count, plus HUD Fair Market Rent area anchor when available. Facts only; Locus does not author valuations or rent predictions. Commercial/uncovered addresses return a free charge-free diagnostic. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Stress-test a caller-supplied property price or assessment notice for one US address against cited recorded-sales, parcel, permit, hazard, tax, zoning, legislation, and same-roll assessment-uniformity evidence in protest mode; Locus never creates or endorses a price, ARV, deal judgment, or investment score, and the result is charge-free if under two substantive sections resolve. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Data-center / compute-campus / crypto-mining awareness records for one US place. Combines structured official datasets (development/permit/capital cases, keyword-filtered) with an official-source web-search backup over agendas, GIS, utility/water, and ordinance records, plus representative contacts. Every record cites a source URL; news/social are unverified leads. Awareness only; a miss returns a free charge-suppressed diagnostic. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Road-access screen for one US address or point: nearest mapped public road to the geocoded point. Road adjacency at the geocoded point, not parcel-boundary frontage; physical mapped-road only, never a legal access or landlocked determination. Perfect for: 'does this address have road access', 'nearest road to a property', 'is this parcel on a public road', 'rural/set-back access screen'. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Pre-development evidence for one US address or point: HIFLD mapped transmission lines, EIA-reported power plants, county public-water-system context, and the official FCC broadband map. Use for a site power/water evidence pass before a utility call. Never grid capacity, substation location, interconnection, service availability, timing, cost, or performance claims. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Compose a cited side-by-side comparison from caller-supplied allowlisted free and paid tool results for two or three homes. No new research, URLs, or provider calls during compose. Returns HTML and JSON artifacts plus optional share proof. No winner, valuation, or recommendation. Charge-free when evidence is too thin. Workflow skill: /.well-known/skills/compare-homes/v1.md. npx @velinussage/locus-agent-skill add.

Parcel facts for an address or jurisdiction-scoped parcel id. Perfect for: 'what is the lot size / acreage of this property', 'year built for an address', 'land use / zoning class of a parcel', 'look up parcel details'. Returns cited, PII-safe land use, acreage, year built, and legal jurisdiction from wired official sources. Owner/mailing never returned; assessed value, last sale, and tax are in paid reports. Charge-free when no parcel resolves.

Recorded sale price and assessed value for a specific parcel, cited to the county source. Perfect for: 'last sale price for this address', 'assessed value of this property', 'tax roll value of this parcel', 'owner of record value' (Locus returns assessor value facts, never owner names). Third-party public assessor facts only; Locus does not appraise, estimate market value, rank, or score. Charge-free unless a verified source returns a sale price or assessed value.

FEMA flood zone for an address. Perfect for: 'flood zone for an address', 'FEMA flood designation', 'is this property in a floodplain', 'is this address in a 100-year flood zone', 'flood risk lookup'. Returns the FEMA NFHL flood-zone designation, 0.2%-annual-chance and BFE/floodway flags at the geocoded point, with source provenance. National. Not a flood insurance quote or a safe/unsafe verdict. Charge-free when the flood lookup fails.

Zoning district + overlays for an address. For 'what is the zoning', 'is this parcel being rezoned', 'zoning changes near an address'. Returns the official district/overlays from wired municipal/county layers. Zoning matters most as a CHANGE (rezonings, zoning bills) and vs NEIGHBORS; pair with development cases, legislation, capital projects, transfers. Not a buildability, variance, entitlement, or value ruling. Charge-free when out of coverage.

Official adopted property-tax RATE components for a place. Perfect for: 'property tax rate for a city/county/ZIP/address', 'what is the millage / mill rate', 'adopted county tax rate'. Returns cited rate components where wired (NC statewide via NCDOR plus selected TN/TX/FL market adapters). Rate context only -- NOT a tax bill, estimate, valuation, or advice. Charge-free when no wired rate table matches the place.

Address-level environmental record proximity. Perfect for: 'environmental hazards near an address', 'EPA TRI / RCRA sites near a property', 'is there a polluter nearby', 'radon zone for an address', 'environmental due diligence for a property'. Returns proximity-ranked EPA Toxics Release Inventory + RCRA facilities, nearest large-quantity generator, and the county radon/background composite. National. Not a contamination or safe/unsafe verdict.

Nearby places of interest for an address. Perfect for: 'what is near this address', 'nearby schools / parks / grocery / transit', 'points of interest around a property', 'amenities near an address'. Returns categorized nearby features from OpenStreetMap with distance and direction from the point. National. Not a walkability score or a quality rating. Charge-free when nothing maps near the address.

USDA soil suitability at an address. Perfect for: 'soil type for a property', 'is the soil good for a septic system / foundation / drainage', 'USDA SSURGO soil at an address', 'soil context for a parcel'. Returns dominant soil component suitability ratings (septic, foundation, drainage) at the point via USDA Soil Data Access, with caveats. National. Not an engineering or perc-test determination. Charge-free when soil is out of coverage or the source is unavailable.

Census housing-stock context for an area. Perfect for: 'housing stock for an area', 'how old are the homes / median year built', 'owner vs renter share', 'housing units and vacancy for a place'. Returns cited ACS housing-stock characteristics (units, age, tenure, vacancy) for the resolved county/area. National. Area-level context, not a parcel record. Charge-free when the housing-stock lookup fails.

FEMA wildfire risk rating for an address. Perfect for: 'wildfire risk for a property', 'is this address in a high fire-risk area', 'FEMA NRI wildfire rating', 'fire hazard for a parcel'. Returns the FEMA National Risk Index wildfire risk rating/score at the point, with source provenance. National. Not a fire-insurance quote or a safe/unsafe verdict. Charge-free when no wildfire score is available for the point.

FEMA disaster history for an area. Perfect for: 'FEMA disaster declarations for a county', 'disaster history for an address', 'flood / hurricane / wildfire declarations near a place', 'NFIP claims history'. Returns cited FEMA disaster declarations plus NFIP flood-insurance claim history for the resolved county. National. Historical record context, not a forecast or a risk score. Charge-free when the FEMA lookup fails.

Multi-parcel facts for caller-supplied addresses or jurisdiction-scoped parcel ids. Perfect for: 'look up a parcel set', 'total acreage of these parcels', 'land-use mix across a development'. Resolves up to 25 references to PII-safe parcel facts, summed acreage, land-use mix, and legal jurisdictions. It does not infer common ownership. Charge-free when no parcel resolves.

Cited area reported-crime context for an address. Returns municipal incident feeds (Cary, Raleigh, Charlotte) with counts + categories where wired, or official county/agency source links (NC SBI, SC SLED, FBI CDE) elsewhere. Area-level only -- never street/block, person/case data, or a verdict. Charge-free when no jurisdiction resolves.

Official NCDOR property-tax RATE context for an NC address. Perfect for: 'property tax rate for an NC address', 'what rate applies to this parcel', 'county/municipal tax rate lookup'. Resolves the geocoded address to published rate components (combined + county + municipal per $100 value) from the NCDOR table. Rate context only -- NOT a bill or valuation. NC-only. For the actual annual bill use the paid locus-property-tax. Charge-free when out of state or no NC rate matches.

Recent property-relevant local legislation preview for an address. Perfect for: recent zoning bills, local ADU / short-term rental laws, property tax bills enacted. Returns a headline enacted/watch item via LegiScan plus official Legistar where wired. Paid full output adds snippets, status history, attachments, and agent next-tool hints. Not legal advice. Charge-free when unresolved or no substantive answer.

Nearby flood gauges with stage/flow observations. Perfect for: 'flood gauges near an address', 'USGS stream gauges nearby', 'river water levels near a property', 'NWS flood thresholds for an area'. Returns USGS stream/river gauges with latest stage/flow observations and NOAA/NWS threshold metadata within the search radius. National. Hydrologic context only - not a flood prediction or insurance determination. Charge-free when the gauge lookup fails.

County unemployment rate for an address. Perfect for: 'unemployment rate for an area', 'county jobless rate', 'BLS unemployment stats for an address', 'local labor market data'. Returns recent BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics (county-level, not seasonally adjusted) with a 6-month trend for the resolved county. National. A reported statistic only - not an economy verdict. Charge-free when the address fails to resolve or the BLS fetch fails.

County jobs against housing units permitted, for an address. Perfect for: 'is this county permitting enough housing for its job growth', 'jobs to permits ratio for a county', 'how many housing units were permitted here last year'. Returns BLS QCEW employment change over Census BPS permitted units, the permits share of ACS housing stock, cited benchmarks, and the published critiques of the metric. Charge-free when no ratio is computable.

Special districts on a Texas tax bill, and what each levies. Perfect for: 'is there a MUD on this tax bill', 'what special districts cover this Texas address', 'what does the MUD levy here'. Returns each district whose TCEQ boundary contains the point with its type, id and boundary citation, plus adopted total, M&O and I&S rates and levy from the Comptroller report. Charge-free when no district is found or a source is unavailable.

Legislative districts for an address. Perfect for: 'what congressional district is this address in', 'state legislative districts for a location', 'who represents this address', 'voting districts lookup'. Returns US congressional, state senate, and state house districts from Census TIGERweb. National. Not local districts (county/municipal wards/school boards). Charge-free when geocoding fails or TIGERweb errors.

EPA TRI toxic-release facilities for an address, place, point, or state+county. Returns TRI reporting facilities with detail links plus NRC/PHMSA verify links for event history. National via EPA Envirofacts; explicit state+county remains supported. Reporting context only, not exposure or a safety verdict. Charge-free on EPA lookup failure.

EPA ECHO regulated-facility compliance nearby. Returns EPA ECHO All-Media facilities near a point with program IDs, inspection/enforcement summary, and Detailed Facility Report links. National by lat/lng or address. Regulatory context only. Charge-free when the address fails to resolve or EPA errors.

EPA radon zone for an address or county. Perfect for: 'radon zone for an address', 'EPA radon potential for a county', 'is this a high radon area', 'radon zone 1 2 or 3 lookup'. Returns the EPA Map of Radon Zones county designation (1/2/3) for a point or explicit state+county, with a Zone 1 high-potential watch item and provenance. National. County-potential context only -- not a measured indoor radon reading. Charge-free when geocoding fails or the county is not matched.

EPA cleanup + Superfund/NPL sites near an address. Perfect for: 'Superfund sites near a property', 'EPA cleanup sites nearby', 'NPL sites near an address', 'brownfields near a parcel', 'contaminated site lookup'. Returns EPA Cleanups in My Community + Superfund/NPL records near a point with program/status fields and EPA profile links; brownfields carry a candidate flag. National by lat/lng or address. Awareness only. Charge-free when the lookup fails.

Nearest public utilities and emergency services for an address. Returns the nearest mapped fire station, hospital, police, hydrant, substation, and water tower from OpenStreetMap with distances plus counts. National. Factual proximity, not a rating. Charge-free when the address fails to geocode.

FEMA NFIP flood-insurance claims for a county. Perfect for: 'NFIP claims for a county', 'flood insurance paid claims history', 'FEMA flood loss data for an area', 'flood claim totals for a place'. Returns OpenFEMA NFIP redacted claim history aggregated to the county: total claim count, total paid, year range, and top rated flood zones by claim count. National, no key. County aggregates only, no PII. Historical fact, not a prediction. Charge-free when the lookup fails.

Historical wildfire perimeters for an address. Returns WFIGS interagency historical wildfire perimeters within ~5 miles of a US point: incident name, category, acres, and discovery year where present. National. Realized-event records only, not a risk score. Charge-free when out of coverage or no perimeters found.

Development and zoning-board cases near an address. Use for nearby applications, rezonings, subdivisions, site plans, and variances. Returns status, dates, and links from covered planning/GIS sources. Coverage: Wake County, NC, Chatham County, NC, and Iredell County, NC; plus 97 verified registry jurisdictions across 27 states/districts. Charge-free when out of coverage.

Capital improvement projects + special assessments near an address. Perfect for: 'capital projects near a property', 'planned public infrastructure nearby', 'special assessment liens for a parcel'. Returns source-scoped official project/assessment records with status, dates, and links. Coverage: Raleigh, NC and Chatham County, NC; plus 69 verified registry jurisdictions across 24 states/districts. Charge-free when out of coverage or the lookup fails.

Recent recorded parcel sales near an address. Returns recent recorded sales near a point from sale-capable assessor sources plus Chatham COMPER: site address, recorded date, and price (90-day / 500m). Not a valuation or AVM. For 24-month / 1500m analytics with median + trend, use locus-comps-brief. Charge-free when no priced sale resolves.

NOAA Storm Events history for a county. Returns dated NOAA Storm Events Database records (1950-present): event type, date, damage estimates, and narrative for the county. National by point or state+county FIPS. Historical record context, not a forecast. Charge-free when the input does not resolve to a county or the NOAA fetch fails.

Transit-agency stops and routes near an address (coverage: 16 wired transit agencies across NC/NY/CA/TX/FL/TN/DC/PA/GA/WA/AZ/CO). Perfect for: 'bus stops near an address', 'transit routes nearby'. Returns nearby stops with amenity fields plus deduped routes within the search radius. Geo-gated to the transit-agency registry. Factual proximity, not a service-quality rating. Charge-free when out of coverage or the address fails to resolve.

EPA RCRA hazardous-waste handlers for a county/ZIP. Perfect for: 'hazardous waste sites in a county', 'EPA RCRA handlers near a ZIP', 'generators in my area', 'waste facility lookup'. Returns cited EPA RCRAInfo handler records (generator status, activities, coordinates, ECHO links) for a state+county or ZIP with optional proximity ranking. National via EPA Envirofacts. Reporting notifications only -- not violations or contamination. Charge-free when the lookup fails.

HUD Fair Market Rents by county. Perfect for: 'fair market rent for a county', 'HUD FMR lookup', 'voucher rent limits', 'Section 8 rent standards', 'program rent for an area'. Returns official HUD Fair Market Rents (efficiency through 4-bedroom) for a US county by fiscal year from the HUD USER API. National. Program rent context only -- not market listings or affordability advice. Charge-free when the HUD token is not configured or the HUD API is unavailable.

The permits actually filed at an address, exact parcel set, or point: permit number, type, status, and the dates the city or county recorded. Perfect for: 'what permits were pulled on this house', 'was the addition permitted', 'when was the roof replaced', 'nearby permit activity'. Exact subjects resolve parcel-first to the legal authority, including unincorporated Wake County Tyler EnerGov. Charged only when an official record source answers.

Cheap dated-change dual (also free at /tools/call): nearby development cases, capital projects, recent sales, FEMA events, and tax calendar. Perfect for a quick NC-area change scan. For topology-aware surrounding parcels plus multi-lane neighbors in one stored packet, prefer locus-surrounding-area-analysis ($0.10). Not a verdict. Charge-free when no component has substance.

One-call free/paid dual address snapshot (prefer free /tools/call first): parcel, flood, districts, transportation, tax rates where wired. Perfect for 'basic facts about this property'. For pre-sign trend+policy use locus-before-you-sign; for neighbor topology and multi-lane surrounding evidence use locus-surrounding-area-analysis. Facts only, not a verdict. Charge-free when no component returns data.

Official coastal parcel overlays across SC, NC, GA, and full FL Atlantic+Gulf+Panhandle (Miami-Dade..Escambia). Point-in-polygon ArcGIS facts: parcel, zoning, flood, wetlands/coastal context from supported county packs. Free if out of coverage/fail.

Qualified Opportunity Zone status for an address. Perfect for: 'is this address in an Opportunity Zone', 'is this property in a QOZ', 'Opportunity Zone for an address', 'is this parcel in a qualified opportunity zone', 'OZ tract lookup'. Returns the QOZ designation at a US point: designated true/false, designation status, census tract GEOID, state, and a rural flag. National, no key. A 'not designated' result is the real covered answer. Charge-free only when the lookup fails.

USGS seismic design parameters for an address. Returns USGS NEHRP-2020 design data at a US point: Ss, S1, PGA, SDS, SD1, site class, risk category, and seismic design category where USGS has finite values. Engineering hazard data, not a safety verdict. Charge-free when the address fails or USGS has no value.

FHFA house price index trend for a state. Returns the FRED-hosted FHFA all-transactions HPI for the state of a US point: latest index, year-over-year percent change, and units. State-level. Historical index, not a forecast. Key-gated (FRED); charge-free when unkeyed, on failure, or no data.

State DOT funded projects + traffic counts near an address. Perfect for: road projects nearby, DOT funded projects, traffic counts, AADT, planned highway work. Wired states: full project+traffic (CA, CO, CT, FL, MA, NC, NY, PA, RI, TX, VA, WA); traffic-only (AZ, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, NJ, OH, OK, OR, SC, TN, UT, WI). Covered zero answer is real. Charge-free out of coverage/failure.

Elected districts and representatives for an address. Returns US congressional + state upper/lower districts (always, Census TIGERweb) plus current legislators where Open States is available. The representatives lane degrades cleanly when unkeyed. Charge-free when the address fails to resolve.

EPA public water systems for an address, place, point, or state+county. Returns active SDWIS systems with type, population served, and ECHO violation links. National, no key; explicit state+county remains supported. Zero systems can be the real EPA answer. Charge-free when the lookup fails.

EPA drinking-water violations for a water system / area. Returns EPA SDWIS health-based and monitoring violations with system, contaminant, and date context, plus ECHO fallbacks. A covered system with zero violations is the real EPA answer. Charge-free when sources are unavailable or it fails.

Itemized tax-delinquency, tax-lien, and foreclosure records near an address from official county, treasurer, and sheriff sources. Rows carry site address, amount owed, parcel id, status, date, type, citation. Public record, no PII, no score. Free preview: locus_tax_distress.

EPA Sole Source Aquifer designation for an address. Perfect for: 'is this property in a Sole Source Aquifer', 'does EPA federal project review apply here', 'Sole Source Aquifer map lookup'. Returns mapped designation containment and Federal Register citations. The designation triggers EPA review of federally funded projects under SDWA 1424(e); it is not contamination, water quality, or a private-owner restriction. Charge-free when the snapshot is unavailable or stale.

USGS groundwater monitoring-well context for an address. Perfect for: 'groundwater depth near this property', 'nearby monitoring wells', 'what aquifer is near this address', 'historical water level observations'. Returns distance-banded monitoring wells, aquifer codes/names, reported construction depths, and static water levels. Not a domestic-well depth, yield, potability, contamination, or cost prediction. Charge-free unless state is data.

EPA UST Finder tank facilities and leaking-tank releases near an address. Perfect for: 'was there a gas station here', 'underground storage tanks near this property', 'LUST releases nearby'. Returns facility and release records separately with component health and summary counts. A tank is not a leak; proximity is not parcel contamination, exposure, or liability. A verified zero is chargeable; a dual-layer outage is charge-free.

Airport, major-road, and railway proximity facts for an address. Perfect for: 'airport highway or rail near this property', 'transportation noise sources nearby', 'nearest motorway or railway'. Returns straight-line mapped distances and component health, not decibels or a quiet/loud/safe/unsafe label. Charge-free when all sources are unavailable or the only OSM evidence is a truncated best-effort nearest scan.

Aggregate traffic-crash context near an address. Perfect for: 'traffic crashes near this property', 'pedestrian or bicycle crash counts nearby', 'fatal crash context around an address'. Returns small-cell-suppressed official aggregates with explicit severity classes: local sources where wired plus nationwide FARS fatal-only fallback. Not route exposure, a forecast, score, or place verdict. Charge-free unless at least one count survives small-cell suppression.

Cited owner programs and statewide property-tax rules for a US place. Perfect for: 'owner programs near this property', 'homestead or exemption rules', 'property-tax appeal and payment windows'. Returns curated local/state/national rows plus cited statewide rows derived from Locus tax and appeal registries. No eligibility decision or recommendation. Charge-free when no registry or derived row returns.

Cited mitigation grants, insurance-discount mandates, flood-map correction, and flood-protection rebate rows for a US place. Perfect for: 'home hardening grants', 'wind mitigation credits', 'flood mitigation incentives'. Optional hazard filter. Facts and money notes come from cited program rows only. No eligibility, savings, or premium estimate. Charge-free when no registry row returns.

Cited utility credits and infrastructure cost-share programs for a US place. Perfect for: 'stormwater fee credit', 'lead service-line replacement', 'sidewalk cost share', 'rain barrel rebate'. Returns local registry rows plus a jurisdiction-locked official-source query pack. No eligibility or savings estimate. Charge-free when no registry row returns.

Cited county recorder property-fraud alert and title-notification programs. Perfect for: 'property fraud alert for this county', 'recorded document notification'. Returns a registry row when Locus has one; otherwise the free tool gives only a generic recorder search pointer. No title or fraud determination. Charge-free unless an actual registry row returns.

Exact dated owner-program windows for a US place. Perfect for: 'program deadlines in the next 180 days', 'which property program dates recently passed'. Deterministically filters exact ISO dates printed in cited registry rows; it does not infer dates from narrative rules. Charge-free when no upcoming or recently passed item returns.

Parcel acreage and cited state special-valuation, historic-incentive, and solar-exemption programs. Perfect for: 'special valuation programs for this parcel', 'present-use or historic tax treatment'. Returns safe parcel fields plus program rows. It does not determine parcel eligibility or status. Charge-free unless the parcel resolves and at least one program row returns.

Cited property-value appeal deadline arithmetic for a covered state. Perfect for: 'appeal deadline from my notice date', 'property-tax protest window'. Returns the rule, statute, source, computed dates when inputs support them, caveats, and verify-next. Never advice to appeal. Charge-free when the state/locality is not covered.

Census LODES workplace jobs and broad industry sectors within a radius. Perfect for: commercial site selection, tenant diligence, daytime employment, and labor context near a selected site. Returns annual block-level aggregates only; excludes worker demographics. Jobs are not shoppers, visits, foot traffic, sales, demand, or a forecast. Charge-free when the state snapshot is missing, stale, unavailable, or no workplace block falls in the radius.

Geotagged Wikimedia Commons media with allowlisted item-level license metadata. Perfect for: reference research for a paid flyer, place narrative, landmark scan, or area-media shortlist. Returns source/image URLs plus license and attribution leads; Locus stores no pixels. Metadata is not reuse permission. Every item is nearby_context, never premises or condition proof. Charge-free when no eligible media returns or the source is unavailable.

Geotagged English Wikipedia articles near a point. Perfect for: bounded community reference research with page, revision, distance, and license provenance. Geosearch is topic-agnostic and may return places, institutions, events, or people. Results are not official, property, resident, screening, or current-condition evidence. Charge-free when no article matches or the source is unavailable.

EPA National Emissions Inventory facility and pollutant rows near an address. Perfect for: environmental diligence, facility emissions research, per-pollutant tonnage, and distance-ranked industrial context. Summary is bounded; detailLevel=full returns the large facility-pollutant matrix. Periodic inventory estimates only, not monitoring, ambient concentration, exposure, health evidence, or a burden score. Charge-free when no facility rows resolve.

Mapped HIFLD transmission-line proximity plus EIA statewide residential price context. Perfect for: data-center, industrial, energy-development, and power-sensitive site screens before utility diligence. Returns up to 10 lines and state price context; never a service, capacity, reliability, tariff, interconnection, timing, or cost finding. Charge-free when the point is unresolved and when neither source answers.

EPA UCMR 5 PFAS results for an address or explicit PWSIDs. Addresses resolve via EPA service-area boundaries (point-in-polygon) with per-boundary provenance and confidence (provider vs machine-modeled); containment is evidence, not proof. Detection and non-detect counts stay distinct; lithium excluded. Entry-point samples, not a tap; no safe/unsafe verdict. Charge-free when out of coverage or unresolved.

ASTM E1527-21 government-records screen WITH record rows: NPL, CERCLIS/state cleanup, RCRA CORRACTS/TSD, RCRA generators, UST/LUST, TRI at standard search distances; each record carries name, distance, ids (capped 100 per list). Perfect for: 'Phase I records search for this address', 'SBA RSRA environmental inputs', 'what is on the LUST list near this parcel'. National. Free tool returns counts only. Not a Phase I; empty lists mean no record returned.

Evaluation packet for a loan under the appraisal threshold, in Interagency Appraisal and Evaluation Guidelines order: property description (parcel, zoning), condition (permits), market (transfers, house-price index), hazards (SFHDF flood inputs), ASTM E1527-21 screen, encumbrances (tax distress, treasurer status). Every source stamped with status and time. No value stated. National.

Rental data: Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Montgomery County, New York City, and Seattle. Scope is long-term registration, short-term license, or enforcement only. Returns recorded registration status, license status, or enforcement status with dates, IDs, limits, and citations. Omits owner, contact, unit, narrative, and nearby-address fields. A no-match is source-bounded, not permission or compliance.

NYC ACRIS deed and mortgage recording history for one exact BBL or NYC address. Returns document ids, types, recorded dates, source-published amounts, bounded query limits, and citations. Party names and unit identifiers are never queried. A checked no-match is source-bounded. Not a title, lien, payoff, ownership, priority, validity, or insurability conclusion.

What flood insurance actually costs in a ZIP: median and quartiles of annual NFIP policy cost and FEMA full-risk premium across policies in force, split by rated zone (SFHA vs minimal hazard), from OpenFEMA NFIP Policies v3 (monthly). Perfect for: 'typical flood premium near this address', 'is flood coverage cheap here'. Estimate from real policies, never a quote. National. Free at /tools/call.

What homeowners pay for insurance around an address: ACS 2023 median annual cost band by mortgage status and median monthly owner costs at ZIP, county, and state, with the state regulator's sample-rate tool linked where published. Perfect for: 'typical home insurance cost in this county', 'owner cost benchmark for this ZIP'. Survey estimate with vintage, never a quote. National. Free at /tools/call.

Property tax burden context: ACS 2023 median real-estate taxes paid, median home value, and the effective rate they imply at ZIP, county, and state, with the Lincoln Institute 50-state study linked. Perfect for: 'effective property tax rate here', 'is this tax bill typical for the county'. Locality estimate, not this parcel's bill. National. Free at /tools/call.

Housing market context for a county and ZIP: median listing price, active listings, and days on market with year-over-year change (Realtor.com series on FRED, monthly) plus ACS median home value and gross rent. Perfect for: 'what is the market like around this address', 'listing price trend in this county'. Market context estimates, never a valuation or ranking. National. Free at /tools/call.

Rebuild-cost PROXY for a county: single-family permit valuation per unit (Census Building Permits Survey) trended by the BLS construction-input PPI, returned as a $/sq ft range under a stated size assumption, floored at FEMA's $100 default. Perfect for: 'rough rebuild cost per square foot here', 'local construction cost context'. Labeled proxy, never a coverage amount or adequacy verdict. National. Free at /tools/call.