This 86-hectare parcel near Páramo, Pérez Zeledón, San Jose Province is workable land whose plan must come before the capital, scoring 44 out of 100. The reading that most shapes the work here is that the terrain is steep, which constrains construction and raises erosion risk. The first move: design roads and structures to the contour, and get a geotechnical and erosion assessment before any earthworks.
Riskhigh confidence
The terrain is steep, which constrains construction and raises erosion risk.
Steep slopes increase building and road costs, limit machinery access, and make the land more prone to erosion and landslides.
Mean slope 12°, with 451 m of elevation change across the parcel.
Riskmedium confidence
This area is highly exposed to projected climate change by 2050.
Large shifts in temperature and rainfall can change what the land can support, so any plan should be built around the projected conditions, not current ones.
Projected change by 2050: +1.5 °C mean temperature, -44% rainfall. Exposure rated High.
Riskhigh confidence
A meaningful share of this land's tree cover has been cleared since 2000.
Long-term loss points to historical or ongoing clearing pressure and a lower conservation baseline; confirm the legal status and whether clearing is still active.
About 10.2% of the parcel lost tree cover since 2000, most recently in 2018. It held 69% tree cover in 2000. Source: Hansen Global Forest Change GFC-2023-v1.11.
Waterhigh confidence
Rainfall is very high.
Abundant water supports productive growth but raises the risk of flooding, waterlogging, and nutrient leaching, so drainage and slope matter.
6,261 mm of rain per year. Nearest mapped watercourse is about 1.01 km away. The archive's 20-year trend reads about +121% — a swing that size deserves verification against local records before it informs any plan.
Biodiversitymedium confidence
Biodiversity records are moderate.
There is a reasonable but incomplete picture of local wildlife; a ground survey would sharpen any conservation or regulatory assessment.
159 biodiversity records nearby, including Guatteria dolichopoda and Tabernaemontana longipes (GBIF, the global species-record archive).
Soillow confidence
No satellite soil data is available for this parcel.
Soil quality cannot be assessed remotely here, so a ground survey is needed before any agricultural or restoration decision.
The SoilGrids survey returned no data for this location.
Accesshigh confidence
The parcel is relatively remote.
Distance from roads and towns means lower encroachment pressure and more privacy, but higher transport and operating costs.
About 1.76 km to the nearest road.
Accessmedium confidence
Official Costa Rican record places this in Páramo, Pérez Zeledón, San José.
National cadastral and administrative data ground the parcel in the legal record — the basis for title, permitting, and tax diligence.
Jurisdiction: Páramo, Pérez Zeledón, San José. Source: SNIT.