Slope Under 10 Percent, DRECP

This dataset shows land in the DRECP area with less than 10 percent slope. Slope (along with insolation, proximity to existing infrastructure, and land use/restrictions) dictates the siting for solar power generation. Most solar generating technologies must be sited on relatively flat ground to ensure that the solar collectors can utilize the solar resource effectively. Typically, solar facilities must be sited on land that has less than 5% slope. This dataset was created by mosaicing multiple 30 m DEMs from the NED into a single raster and deriving slope from that layer. (The National Elevation Dataset (NED) provides the best available public domain raster elevation data of the United States.) Slope values were aggregated (based [...]