Community suitability of Florida, United States Of America
Highly suitable confidence B · live score 82
85
best land · p90
91%
good land
—
one block
How each domain holds up
Governance, safety & tenure 78
Economy & cost 95
Society, freedom & health 88
Land & water 79
Climate, growing & hazards 82
Autonomy & access 98
Where it pushes back
Growing conditionsLand cover & degradationSoil quality
Within Florida — 66 sub-regions
Estimated finer-grained reads from the same open data. Phase-1, not yet verified.
Highly suitable 85
Gilchrist
strongest Economy & cost (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (78)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 85
Levy
strongest Economy & cost (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (78)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 85
Highly suitable 84
Dixie
strongest Economy & cost (95) ·
weakest Governance, safety & tenure (78)
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
Jefferson
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 84
Okeechobee
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 84
Calhoun
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Hendry
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 83
Highlands
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 83
Lafayette
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Madison
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Okaloosa
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Suwannee
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 83
Union
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 83
Bradford
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Collier
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Highly suitable 82
DeSoto
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 82
Glades
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 82
Hardee
pushes back: Growing conditions
Highly suitable 82
Jackson
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Liberty
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Putnam
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Wakulla
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 82
Franklin
pushes back: Soil quality
Highly suitable 81
Holmes
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 81
Nassau
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 81
Taylor
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 81
Walton
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 81
Citrus
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 80
Gadsden
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 80
Gulf
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 80
Hamilton
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 80
Indian River
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 80
Osceola
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 80
Washington
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 80
Clay
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 79
Santa Rosa
pushes back: Soil quality
Moderately suitable 79
Charlotte
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 78
Marion
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 78
Palm Beach
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 78
Escambia
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 77
Flagler
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 77
Martin
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 77
Sumter
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 77
Bay
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 76
Brevard
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 76
Polk
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 76
St. Johns
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 76
Volusia
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 76
Manatee
pushes back: Growing conditions
Moderately suitable 75
Alachua
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 74
Broward
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 74
Leon
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 74
Miami-Dade
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 74
Hernando
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 72
Pasco
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 72
St. Lucie
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 72
Monroe
pushes back: Land cover & degradation
Moderately suitable 69
Sarasota
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 69
Hillsborough
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 68
Orange
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 67
Duval
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 66
Lee
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Seminole
pushes back: Accessibility
Moderately suitable 65
Pinellas
pushes back: Accessibility
Marginally suitable 47
Reading the land, criterion by criterion
Each signal names the open dataset behind it and how measured it is.
Seed & agricultural autonomycountry C UPOV membership proxy
Governance & corruptioncountry A World Bank WGI + Transparency CPI
Cost of living, labour & landcountry A World Bank PPP, ILOSTAT
Monetary & capital sovereigntycountry A IMF/World Bank, Chinn-Ito
Personal freedomcountry A Cato/Fraser Human Freedom Index
Healthcare qualitycountry B WHO GHO
Disease / vector burden A Malaria Atlas + dengue Index P
Soil quality A SoilGrids (ISRIC)
Water availability & quality A WRI Aqueduct + AQUASTAT
Terrain & buildability A SRTM / NASADEM
Land cover & degradation A ESA WorldCover + Global Forest Watch
Biodiversity & alignment B Biodiversity Intactness Index
Climate & natural hazards A ThinkHazard + NASA FIRMS + USGS
Growing conditions A CHELSA / FAO GAEZ
Food & forage diversity B FAO GAEZ crop suitability + GLW
Coastal risk B Climate Central CoastalDEM
Energy potential A Global Solar Atlas + Global Wind Atlas
Natural building materials B SoilGrids clay + forest + geology
Environmental quality A SEDAC PM2.5 + VIIRS night-lights
Connectivity A Ookla + ITU (+ Starlink)
Accessibility A Malaria Atlas friction surface
Remoteness / surroundings A GPWv4 population density
Contamination legacy C Maus mining polygons + WRI power plants
Phase-1 desk screening
These are desk numbers from open data. Soil tests, water rights and the welcome of actual neighbours all wait for a visit — we'd rather say so than pretend.
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