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Parcel environment — protection, flood zones, soil and crops

Click a parcel on the map and open the Environment block. For the whole parcel, not just the clicked point, you see which protection regime applies, whether the river floods it, whether it lies in a drinking-water source zone, what the soil is and what the land is good for. Every finding shows the share of the parcel it covers.

What is checked

Protected nature

National parks, the register of protected areas, the Emerald network, areas proposed for protection and the protection zones of the Spatial Plan of Montenegro to 2040.

Flood zones

Whether the parcel lies in the flood zone expected once in 10, 100 or 500 years, and which part of it.

Drinking water

Water-source protection zones I, II and III with the source name — building is forbidden in zone I and restricted in the others.

Soil

Soil type from the official soil map and soil properties: pH, organic matter, texture, nitrogen, available water, stoniness and compaction, each rated.

Terrain, land cover and forest

Elevation, slope and aspect; the share of forest, grassland, cropland and built-up; canopy density and the broadleaf/conifer split.

What grows and what would

What satellites see growing on and around the parcel, the growing season, and which of 40 crops suit the 1996–2025 climate and the soil — with sowing months.

Sun and wind

Expected solar plant yield per kilowatt, the optimal panel tilt and the mean wind speed.

Printable report

An A4 Environmental report for the parcel with a sowing calendar — for a PDF, a bank, a designer or a buyer.

Who it helps

Land buyers

Before paying a deposit: does it flood, is it in a protected area or a water-source zone, and what may be built on it.

Designers and planners

Spatial restrictions in one place, with the share of the parcel, before a concept design or a planning document.

Farmers

What the soil is, how long the season lasts, what is grown nearby and which crops suit — with a sowing calendar.

Solar investors

Yield per kilowatt and panel tilt for the exact parcel, together with protection and flood checks.

How

  1. 1Open the map and find the parcel by number and cadastral municipality, or click it.
  2. 2In the Information tab, open the Environment block — its header gives a short verdict.
  3. 3Open the sub-section you need; the printer button gives a report for the whole parcel.
  4. 4For a cadastral municipality, a settlement or a plan boundary, use Cadastre statistics — the same data, summed for the whole area.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check whether a parcel is in a flood zone?+

Click the parcel on the eMapa map and open the Environment block. If the parcel lies in a flood zone, a water sign appears in the header, and the Flood zones section shows the scenario (once in 10, 100 or 500 years) and the share of the parcel it covers.

May I build in a water-source protection zone?+

In zone I only water-supply structures are allowed. In zones II and III building and activities are restricted by that source's zoning decision. eMapa shows the zone and the source name; the zoning decision prevails.

Where does the soil type come from?+

The soil type comes from the official soil map of Montenegro published by the Water Administration. Soil properties (pH, organic matter, texture) come from the global ISRIC SoilGrids model and are guidance, not a laboratory result.

How are suitable crops worked out?+

With the FAO ECOCROP model: for each of 40 crops and each sowing month it checks whether temperature, frost and soil pH suit the crop's cycle. The climate is the 1996–2025 normal. Each crop also says whether rain is enough or irrigation is needed.

Is the environmental report an official document?+

No. It is an informative report from public registries and open data. For building, the planning document, the protection act, the water-source zoning decision and the conditions of the competent authorities prevail.

Is it paid?+

No. Parcel environmental data and the printable report are free.

Sources and limitations

Water Administration (VIS: protection, pressures, flood zones, water-source zones and the soil map), Spatial Plan of Montenegro to 2040 (PPCG 2040), Copernicus DEM, Copernicus HRL (forest, Crop Types) and LSP (phenology), ESA WorldCover, ISRIC SoilGrids, CHELSA and TerraClimate (climate), FAO ECOCROP (crops), Global Solar Atlas and Global Wind Atlas. The data is kept on eMapa and refreshed when a source publishes a new state.

Computed over the whole parcel geometry. Zone boundaries are informative. The designation act, the zoning decision and the cadastral survey prevail. Terrain, land cover, soil properties, crops, sun and wind are model estimates from satellite and global data. They provide guidance and do not replace a field survey.