Preliminary Property Report — $49
PDF within 2 business days
- Parcel & GIS summary
- Zoning + setbacks
- Flood zone & FIRM panel
- Soils + hydrologic group
- Topography & modelled drainage outlet
LAND INTELLIGENCE — EQUESTRIAN ACREAGE CHECK · MOORE COUNTY, NC
Equestrian Acreage Check — Moore County, NC
An equestrian acreage check reads a Moore County horse property's record the way a horse buyer should: pasture ground and its soils, barn and arena siting against drainage and flood record, water context, fencing terrain, and the parcel's zoning position for agricultural and equestrian use. Southern Pines is one of the East's genuine horse capitals — the Walthour-Moss Foundation country — and acreage here is priced on equestrian assumptions this check verifies parcel by parcel.
What this looks like in Moore County
Sandhills sand is famous among horsemen for a reason — it drains, it rides, and it forgives — but a Moore County tract is never uniformly sand. Bottomland along the creek branches stays wet, clay lenses hold water where a barn or arena was drawn on the listing sketch, and the flood record reaches further into 'high and dry' acreage than sellers expect. The check assembles the tract's documented truth: SSURGO units read for pasture and siting, LiDAR-modelled drainage and outlet, FEMA zone and panel, canopy cover from imagery with its date stated, and the zoning position for barns, arenas, and farm use. Every value sourced; every unknown printed as an unknown — so the farm decision rests on the land's record, not its romance.
Serving Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Aberdeen, Carthage, Whispering Pines, Vass and the rest of Moore County from our base in Candor.
Common questions
What does the check say about footing and pasture?
It reads the soil survey for the tract — texture, drainage class, and hydrologic group by area — which is the documented basis for judging pasture suitability and arena footing ground. It is a record evaluation, not a ride across the property; the $299 tier adds a call to interpret it for your discipline.
Can it judge a barn site?
It screens siting: slope and modelled drainage, flood position, soil behaviour, and access — the factors that make a barn pad dry or a mistake. Final siting pairs the record with a site walk, which the report is designed to direct.
We are buying from out of state for the horse community. Is remote purchase normal here?
Common — and it is who this check is built for. The full dossier ($149) assembles the tract's whole record so a distant buyer can commit, or walk away, on documents rather than photographs.
Start with the free preliminary summary
Tell us the property and we will email the headlines — parcel, zoning, flood, and soils — after a human review.
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PROPERTY REPORTS
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Pick a tier, check out, and tell us the property address or parcel ID and county at checkout. Your report is built from public records — GIS parcel data, zoning, flood, soils, and modelled drainage — with the source on every number, and reviewed by JP before it reaches your inbox.
Full Property Dossier PDF — $149
PDF within 3–5 business days
- Everything in Preliminary
- NDVI vegetation cover
- Section risk scores S1–S8
- Underground evidence tiers T0–T4
- Forecast timeline + claims-register footer
Dossier + Walkthrough Call — $299
Dossier in 3–5 business days, call scheduled with delivery
- Everything in the Full Dossier
- 30-minute walkthrough call with JP
- Fee credited toward an audit or job booked within 60 days
Data evaluation from public records and modelled analysis. Not a survey, not a legal zoning determination, not an engineering design. Modelled drainage is MODELLED, NOT SURVEYED. Every report is human-reviewed before it is sent.