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For ag lenders, crop insurers, and risk analysts

County-Level Agricultural Risk API

Every ag signal you need. One API call.

Drought, precip, soil moisture, NDVI, GDD, yields, crop progress, FEMA flood zones, and NRI natural hazard scores — no pipelines, no file parsing, no FIPS wrangling. Plus a per-crop Stress Index built on 24 years of yield data.

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FIPS 19169
⚠️Crop Stress IndexFLAGSHIP
Proprietary model
Composite 0–100 score weighting drought, VPD, precip, soil moisture & NDVI anomaly. Validated vs. NASS yields (r=−0.34, 10,100 county-years).
🌵Drought Monitor
USDM · weekly
D0–D4 severity, regime classification, persistence streaks, and 52-week burden scores per county.
🌧️Precipitation & Weather
PRISM 4km · daily
7/30/90-day precip totals, max & min temp, VPD — gridded daily data aggregated to county.
🌱Soil Moisture
NASA SMAP · daily
AM/PM volumetric water content and vegetation water content. ~1–3 day latency.
🛰️Vegetation Health
MODIS NDVI · 16-day
County NDVI composites with z-score anomaly vs. 25-year baseline — measures crop vegetation stress directly.
🌡️Growing Degree Days
PRISM derived · daily
Season-to-date GDD for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton & sorghum — with prior-year comparison.
📊Crop Yields
USDA NASS · annual
County-level annual yields and harvested acres for major crops, back to 1981.
🌾Crop Progress
USDA NASS · weekly
Planting, emergence, and harvest percentages by crop and state. Updated every Monday.
🌊FEMA Flood Zones
NFHL · quarterly
% of county land in SFHA high-risk and 0.2% annual chance flood zones. All 3,232 US counties.
🛡️Natural Hazard Risk
FEMA NRI · annual
All-hazard composite NRI score + per-hazard ratings for drought, flood, hail, tornado, wildfire & 11 more.
10 signals · 3,232 US counties · unified API · hover any signal to see the source
What's included

All the signals. None of the pipeline.

All signals are county-level. No file parsing, no FIPS wrangling, no pipeline to maintain — just query and go.

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Crop Stress Index Flagship

Composite 0–100 agricultural stress index. Weights drought, VPD, precipitation, soil moisture, and NDVI anomaly using empirical per-crop models validated against NASS yield data.

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Drought Monitor

Weekly USDM severity (D0–D4), regime classification, persistence streaks, and 52-week burden scores.

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Precipitation & Weather

Daily PRISM 4km gridded data aggregated to county: 7/30/90-day precip totals, max temp, min temp, and VPD.

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Soil Moisture

NASA SMAP AM/PM volumetric water content and vegetation water content, updated daily with ~1–3 day latency.

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NDVI

MODIS 16-day NDVI composites with z-score anomaly vs a 25-year seasonal baseline — a direct measure of vegetation stress at the county level.

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Growing Degree Days

Season-to-date GDD for corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton, and sorghum — with prior-year comparison built in.

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Crop Yields

USDA NASS county-level annual yields and harvested acres for major crops, back to 1981.

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Crop Progress

USDA NASS weekly planting, emergence, and harvest percentages by crop and state — updated every Monday.

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FEMA Flood Zones

NFHL-derived county flood exposure: % of land in SFHA (high risk), 0.2% annual chance zone, and total mapped coverage. Refreshed quarterly.

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FEMA National Risk Index

All-hazard risk scores for all 3,232 US counties — composite NRI score plus per-hazard ratings for drought, inland flooding, hail, tornado, hurricane, wildfire, and 11 more. Annual refresh.

One request. Every signal.

The Crop Stress Index combines drought severity, VPD, precipitation deficit, soil moisture, and NDVI anomaly into a single county-level index. Weights are derived from Pearson correlations against NASS yield deviations and vary by the county's dominant crop.

  • 0–15 Minimal stress
  • 16–50 Low to moderate
  • 51–65 Elevated — monitor closely
  • 66–100 High to extreme

Validated out-of-sample (2019–2024): Pearson r = −0.34 vs detrended NASS county yields across 10,100 county-years. Soybeans r = −0.49, wheat r = −0.41.

# Request
GET /county/19169/crop-stress-index
X-API-Key: agr_your_key_here

# Live response — Story County, IA
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Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing

All plans include historical data up to your tier's limit. No setup fees.

Free
$0
Explore the data. No credit card required.
  • 100 requests / day
  • 1 year of history
  • Individual dataset endpoints
  • County summary endpoint
  • Risk score
  • Portfolio endpoint (100 counties)
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Starter
$79/mo
For analysts and researchers building on ag data.
  • 2,000 requests / day
  • 5 years of history
  • Individual dataset endpoints
  • County summary endpoint
  • Risk score endpoint
  • Portfolio endpoint (100 counties)
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Pro
$399/mo
For larger lenders, insurers, and agtech companies.
  • 50,000 requests / day
  • Unlimited history (2000+)
  • Individual dataset endpoints
  • County summary endpoint
  • Risk score endpoint
  • Portfolio endpoint (500 counties)
Coming Soon
Enterprise
Custom
For institutions with large exposure books and compliance requirements.
Plans typically start at $999/mo
  • Custom rate limits
  • Unlimited history
  • All endpoints
  • SLA guarantee
  • Dedicated support
  • Custom data exports
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Free Starter Growth Pro Enterprise
Requests / day 100 2,000 15,000 50,000 Custom
History 1 yr 5 yrs 10 yrs Unlimited Unlimited
Individual dataset endpoints
County summary
Crop Stress Index
Portfolio (batch counties) 100 counties 500 counties Custom
Risk alerts
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Early access pricing. Rates subject to change.

How much does an agricultural risk API cost?

Most ag intelligence platforms use enterprise contracts with opaque, per-acre or per-seat pricing. r2data2 offers transparent, usage-based pricing with no setup fees and no per-acre licensing — starting free.

What's included in every plan?

All plans include county-level drought, precipitation, soil moisture, NDVI, GDD, crop yields, crop progress, FEMA flood zones, and NRI natural hazard scores. Paid plans add the Crop Stress Index and deeper historical data.

Who uses this API?

Agricultural lenders monitoring portfolio exposure, crop insurers benchmarking loss ratios, agtech platforms embedding risk signals, and commodity analysts tracking growing-season stress.

What data sources does R2Data2 use?

R2Data2 ingests directly from U.S. government sources: USDA Drought Monitor (weekly drought severity), PRISM Climate Group (daily 4km gridded weather), NASA SMAP (daily soil moisture), NASA MODIS via AppEEARS (16-day NDVI composites), USDA NASS QuickStats (crop yields and progress), FEMA NFHL (flood zone maps), and FEMA National Risk Index. All data is normalized to county-level FIPS codes.