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Wetlands (USFWS NWI)

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USFWS National Wetlands Inventory data for Section 404 permit analysis. Wetland presence triggers Army Corps 404 permit requirements for oil & gas operations. CRITICAL USAGE RULES: 1. No authentication required - free government API 2. Use queryAtPoint() for specific location analysis 3. Use queryInBbox() for area-wide wetland mapping 4. Coordinates are latitude/longitude in WGS84

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PublisherWetlands (USFWS NWI)

Freshness & coverage

FreshnessFreshness not declared
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AuthenticationNo credentials required

Methods (3)

  • queryAtPoint

    read

    Query wetlands at a specific coordinate with buffer

    Required paramslatitudelongitude
    Input schema
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "latitude": {
          "type": "number",
          "examples": [
            29.76
          ]
        },
        "longitude": {
          "type": "number",
          "examples": [
            -95.37
          ]
        },
        "bufferMeters": {
          "type": "number",
          "examples": [
            500
          ]
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "latitude",
        "longitude"
      ]
    }
  • queryInBbox

    read

    Query wetlands within a bounding box

    Required paramsxminyminxmaxymax
    Input schema
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "xmin": {
          "type": "number",
          "examples": [
            -95.5
          ]
        },
        "ymin": {
          "type": "number",
          "examples": [
            29.5
          ]
        },
        "xmax": {
          "type": "number",
          "examples": [
            -95
          ]
        },
        "ymax": {
          "type": "number",
          "examples": [
            30
          ]
        },
        "maxResults": {
          "type": "number"
        }
      },
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "required": [
        "xmin",
        "ymin",
        "xmax",
        "ymax"
      ]
    }
  • getServiceInfo

    read

    Get NWI service metadata and available layers

    Input schema
    {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {},
      "additionalProperties": false
    }