Value Index Scores
LandApp provides unique value index scores for each property in the U.S. for over 150 million parcels. Value index scores analyze hundreds of data sources to show you a property's highest and best use at a glance. Whether you own property, are interested in buying property, or are representing property, the value index scores help you understand potential ways to monetize the property. Listings on LandApp are embedded with value index scores, allowing you to conduct initial due diligence with the click of a button!
Land Value Index
The Land Index serves as an indicator to the relative monetary value of the undeveloped land portion of a parcel of real estate. A low index score indicates that the parcel has relatively low value for the undeveloped land in comparison to other parcels across the United States. Since different types of land use creates different values, each parcel has a custom and proprietary value generated on its own specific attributes.
Solar Energy Index
The Solar Value Index provides a comprehensive view of a parcel's potential for solar energy projects. Data on topography, solar irradiance, land use, zoning regulations, proximity to energy infrastructure, and environmental conditions is collected to calculate the solar energy index, and it is updated regularly to reflect changing market conditions and new data inputs.
Wind Energy Index
The Wind Value Index provides a comprehensive view of each parcel's potential for wind energy projects. A lower index score suggests that a wind project on a particular parcel has a relatively low value for a wind lease. Topography, wind speed, land use, zoning regulations, proximity to energy infrastructure, and environmental conditions are analyzed to calculate the index.
EV Charging Index
The EV Charging Index assesses the suitability of properties for an EV charging station. It factors in various elements crucial for EV charging sites like proximity to major roadways, amenities, and electrical infrastructure. It also accounts for local and federal incentives. A lower index score suggests a lower relative suitability for EV charging site development in comparison to other parcels nationwide.
Available Power
LandApp measures the value of a parcel’s access to sufficient available power from the electrical grid by studying nearby, accessible power sources and electrical infrastructure, as well electricity supply and demand within the local grid of the selected parcel. A high index score indicates greater available power. Ample power from the electrical grid is crucial for any property to ensure reliable and continuous supply of electricity.
Energy Storage
The Energy Storage Index assesses a parcel's potential for battery storage development. The index is grounded in distinct land characteristics and pertinent factors, aiding landowners and developers in evaluating the comparative worth of battery storage projects across various locations, factoring in critical elements such as nearby infrastructure, capacity availability, interconnection queue position, and energy pricing dynamics.
Data Center Index
The Data Center Index assesses the suitability of land for hosting a data center. It considers various factors that impact the effectiveness, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of a data center, like accessibility, power supply, cooling options, fiber optic and energy grid connectivity, space availability, costs, regulatory environment, environmental impact, and geographic stability.
Green Power Index
The Green Power Index is an innovative tool designed to evaluate and score the environmental friendliness of electric power distribution across various regions. By focusing on the generation and distribution dynamics of electricity, along with associated carbon dioxide emissions, the index provides a comprehensive measure of the 'greenness' of energy supplied to load stations.
Carbon Credits
The Green Power Index is an innovative tool designed to evaluate and score the environmental friendliness of electric power distribution across various regions. By focusing on the generation and distribution dynamics of electricity, along with associated carbon dioxide emissions, the index provides a comprehensive measure of the 'greenness' of energy supplied to load stations.
C&I Index
The C&I Solar Index serves as an indicator of the effectiveness and attractiveness of a commercial space for C&I solar projects. It assesses the viability of building a solar project in a commercial space by quantifying the performance of C&I solar projects based on their ability to efficiently utilize available space for panel placement, maximize capacity through panel efficiency and wattage considerations, and optimize energy production.
Minerals Index
LandGate’s Mineral Value Index provides a relative valuation of mineral right value for every parcel in the United States. This index score is a representation of the relative mineral value for a specific parcel. It takes into account geologic, reservoir and operations engineering variables to determine the net remaining reserves of existing and potential future wells that could produce minerals existing on the property.
Water Index
The Water Value index reflects the relative value of possible water rights that may be associated with an individual piece of property. It comprises features that affect individual parcels pertaining to their accessibility to water. This includes features such as temperature, precipitation levels, elevation and annual wind speeds. The index score is associated with how much of each factor is obtained at each parcel.
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Risk Index Scores
LandApp provides unique risk scores for each property in the U.S. for over 150 million parcels. Risk index scores analyze hundreds of data sources to show you any potential environmental and man-made risks associated with a property. Whether you own property, are interested in buying property, or are representing property, the risk index scores help you evaluate any risks at a glance. Listings on LandApp are also embedded with risk index scores, allowing you to conduct initial due diligence with the click of a button!
Oil & Gas
The Oil and Gas Contamination Risk Index quantifies the potential risk of environmental contamination from oil and gas activities on specific land parcels. It incorporates various factors such as geological characteristics, historical land use, proximity to oil & gas infrastructure, environmental sensitivity, and historical incident data. Each factor is weighted and integrated into a composite score that reflects the overall oil & gas contamination risk.
Industrial Risk
A significant amount of contaminated sites exist across the U.S., and most of them are not known by nearby property owners. The Industrial Contamination Risk Index determines the relative risk posed by these contamination sites for each individual parcel. The proximity of the parcel and the nature of the contamination site are all taken into account which assist with real estate due diligence.
Electricity Blackout
LandApp measures the risk of a parcel’s susceptibility to an electricity blackout. This represents the parcel’s risk of losing power as a result of bad weather or catastrophes, insufficient transmission capacity and/or power generation, and constraints with electricity supply vs. demand within the local grid of the selected parcel. Assessing the risk of electricity blackouts is crucial due to their wide-ranging impacts on daily life and operations.
Cost of Electricity
The Cost of Electricity index measures the risk of obtaining a high cost of electricity for consumers using LMP data from wholesale energy markets. This consists of four main risk drivers as well as a number of chosen pricing metrics. A high index score suggests that consumers may find high electricity costs, high LMP prices and large retail-hub and retail-LMP premiums near their chosen parcels, making it unfavorable to purchase electricity.
Electrical Connection
The Electrical Connection index measures the risk of the inaccessibility to an electrical connection from any chosen parcel. A high electrical connection index score suggests that the chosen parcel has low potential for an electrical connection. LandApp considers various parameters like the proximity to nearby dwellings or renewable energy projects on the parcel, the presence of nearby renewable energy installations, and the proximity to electrical infrastructure.
Drought Risk
LandApp’s Drought Risk Index provides a relative value of how prone each individual parcel is to drought across the U.S. to aid in due diligence efforts for real estate and project development. Parcels with a high risk index have a higher likelihood of being impacted negatively by a drought than a parcel with a low index score. This index score analyzes temperatures, precipitation levels, and elevation & annual wind speeds.
Wildfire Risk
The Wildfire Risk Score offers a comprehensive assessment of wildfire risk tailored to optimize underwriting, pricing, and portfolio risk mitigation in the insurance industry. Wildfires present an annual risk, making it crucial to assess the susceptibility of each property to wildfire and factors influencing its spread. This risk score analyzes slope, aspect, vegetation, wind, drought, and proximity to high risk areas affected by windblown embers.
Natural Earthquakes
The Natural Earthquake Index offers a numerical description of earthquake risk based on spectral acceleration and MMI values. These values are derived from ground motion prediction equations and seismic hazard mapping data provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The index provides a holistic view of earthquake risk, incorporating factors such as ground shaking intensity, soil susceptibility, and spectral acceleration at different return periods.
Hail Risk
The Hail Risk Index assesses the risk of hail events across the U.S. Hail represents a significant threat to insurers, often leading to substantial financial losses due to damage to automobiles, residential, and commercial properties. This index provides annual probabilities and risk scores based on 1-inch hail probability, offering valuable insights for insurers to incorporate into their underwriting business rules.
Hurricane Risk
The Hurricane Risk Index provides a comprehensive evaluation of hurricane wind probabilities, encompassing various factors such as maximum sustained wind speed, storm size, track, gust factor, and terrain friction impact. It offers users a nuanced understanding of the likelihood of hurricane wind events occurring within specific areas, facilitating effective risk assessment and management strategies to aid in making informed decisions.
Tornado Risk
The Tornado Index offers an evaluation of tornadic wind probabilities, covering various intensity levels and geographical distributions. It provides users with data about the likelihood of tornadic wind events, facilitating informed decisions related to risk mitigation & insurance underwriting. Sophisticated analytical models, leveraging long-term frequency data from the NARR dataset, generate a continuous view of tornadic wind probability.
Straight Line Wind
The Wind Risk Score is a geospatial dataset that integrates various data sources to quantify the annual frequency and risk associated with damaging wind events. It encompasses straight-line winds, tornadic winds, and hurricane winds, providing insights into the likelihood and severity of wind-related losses. The index score utilizes advanced methodologies and proprietary weather event sources to deliver accurate and detailed information.