{"id":"1g4h4s425p","reading":"4i3d22405a","url":"https://read.dearwise.earth/land/1g4h4s425p","name":"Bolton, Vermont","place":{"country":"United States","country_iso":"US","region":"Vermont"},"area_ha":100.2,"centroid":[-72.8979,44.44561],"geometry":{"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[-72.90420386688777,44.4411083],[-72.89159733311223,44.4411083],[-72.89159733311223,44.450108300000004],[-72.90420386688777,44.450108300000004],[-72.90420386688777,44.4411083]]]},"score":72,"verdict":"Restore","headline":"The water is willing. Follow it.","summary":"This 100-hectare parcel near Bolton, Chittenden County, Vermont is land with sound foundations and clear regenerative upside, scoring 72 out of 100. The reading that most shapes the work here is that this area is highly exposed to projected climate change by 2050. Its main strength is that the water reaching this land comes from forest still standing. The first move: design to the 2050 climate projections rather than today's conditions.","pillars":[{"label":"Water","value":100},{"label":"Ecology","value":73},{"label":"Climate","value":30},{"label":"Pressure","value":69},{"label":"Soil","value":81}],"figures":[{"label":"Rain","value":"1,611","unit":"mm a year"},{"label":"Elevation","value":"300","unit":"m"},{"label":"Tree cover","value":"77.8","unit":"%"},{"label":"Climate 2050","value":"+2.6","unit":"°C"},{"label":"Records of life","value":"622","unit":"GBIF"},{"label":"Area","value":"100","unit":"ha"}],"findings":[{"kind":"Strength","finding":"A watercourse runs through the parcel.","evidence":"A mapped river or stream crosses the parcel (Mill Brook).","confidence":"clear sky"},{"kind":"Risk","finding":"This area is highly exposed to projected climate change by 2050.","evidence":"Projected change by 2050: +2.6 °C mean temperature, +9% rainfall.","confidence":"light haze"},{"kind":"Unknown","finding":"Most of the parcel reads as tree cover.","evidence":"78% of the parcel reads as tree cover (satellite land-cover mapping).","confidence":"in fog"}],"first_move":{"action":"Design to the 2050 climate projections rather than today's conditions.","verify":"Cross-check the projections against the memory of long-time residents on how the seasons have already shifted here.","then":"Ground-truth what the canopy actually is before assuming forest value."},"sources_read":["the river and road trace","the species record","Sentinel-2","the infrastructure reach","osm adaptation","the heritage record","the place's memory","the place lookup","the terrain","the rain record","the soil survey","the land-cover map","the surface-water archive","the governance record","the forest history","hansen front","terra upstream","terra deforestation free","the thermal read","the biomass map","the underground atlas","ghm v3","the siting geometry","the seismic record","the satellite signature","the governance record","the 2020 forest map"],"sources_silent":["the radar","the population grid","the hazard screen","modis fire history"],"read_at":"2026-10-16T20:21:38.499Z","signature":{"sha256":"13ddba343a8e3f9fd5c812aaba57e1f1c3a7be2584d5f0c0825835688794ed52","signed_at":"2026-10-16T20:21:38.806Z"},"record":[{"id":"1g4h4s425p","read_at":"2026-10-01T11:28:20.531Z","score":65,"verdict":"Restore"},{"id":"4w3d436i2c","read_at":"2026-10-16T20:21:26.387Z","score":72,"verdict":"Restore"},{"id":"4i3d22405a","read_at":"2026-10-16T20:21:38.499Z","score":72,"verdict":"Restore"}],"full_reading":"https://read.dearwise.earth/api/v1/readings/4i3d22405a","note":"A first pass from orbit: not a survey, not a title search, not legal advice. Quote figures with their source and date."}