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Soil Analysis

USDA SSURGO soil type, drainage class, hydrologic group, and buildability

MCP Function Name

gridkit_soil_analysis

What It Does

USDA SSURGO soil analysis returning hydrologic group (A/B/C/D), drainage class, slope percentage, and buildability rating. Group A/B = well-drained (good), Group D = poor drainage (challenging).

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
lat	float	required	Latitude
lon	float	required	Longitude
radius_km	float	optional (1)	Analysis radius

Try These in Claude

What soil type is at this site? Is it buildable?

Data Sources

USDA SSURGO

Use Cases

- Foundation design input
- Stormwater planning
- Construction feasibility

Connect This Tool

Part of the unified Gridleaf gateway. Connect once for all 55 tools:

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport streamable-http gridleaf https://mcp.gridleaf.org/mcp --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Claude.ai

Settings > Integrations > Add Custom Connector > URL: https://mcp.gridleaf.org/mcp

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