Distance to Water

Also known as: Distance to waterbodies

Distance to water measures how far a property is from lakes, rivers, reservoirs, or other inland waterbodies, used to assess flood and water-related exposure.

Beyond coastal exposure, proximity to inland water affects flood risk, erosion, and sometimes liability. Underwriters use distance to the nearest waterbody as one signal alongside flood-zone maps and elevation.

The measurement identifies the closest qualifying waterbody and the straight-line distance to it from the structure.

In a PerilGrid reportAvailable as a PerilGrid add-on (Distance to Water).

See Distance to Water and the full picture for any address in one PerilGrid report — PDF and JSON included.

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