ERIS database reports provide current and historical environmental information for any property in the United States in a concise and comprehensive manner. Key federal, state and private sector databases are researched to identify and pinpoint environmental concerns associated with a particular property.

• 1-3 day turnaround time
• Multiple Radius Database Report meeting ASTM standards
• ‘Express Preview Report’ is available within minutes of ordering
• Accurate and detailed environmental risk reports
• Precise property locations for more accurate risk assessments
• Overview and detailed street maps with point data
• Interactive display of precise information through links between summary and detailed information
• Bookmarking between pages for ease of use
• Scrubbed and cleaned data, with low orphan sites
• Easy-to-read format

Custom area radius reports allow you to conduct information gathering for environmental site assessments in a set radius around a site locus, or to define your own custom site boundaries. These reports are ideal for large or irregularly shaped sites.

Custom corridor reports are ideal for projects that follow a line such as railroads, pipelines, roads, and tracks – where search results can be tailored to a linear property boundary.

For either type of report, you choose the search area and the databases required (or search all). Our proprietary software combines environmental site data from several different databases including federal, state, and local governing environmental records to produce a thorough and detailed report. The report highlights environmental risk features from the storage of hazardous materials to sites with environmental liability or contamination issues.

Need a quote for a large, irregularly shaped site, or corridor search?

Select “Quote – Area/Corridor Custom Report” on the ‘Select Report’ page. A quotation is provided within 1 business day.

• Large areas – you can submit your custom boundaries by creating a specific polygon, or by uploading a site map.
• Corridor sites – you can submit the coordinates, a map, or even a site illustration by email. Our mapping professionals will create a custom report with the required defined distance around the corridor.

Report Analyst-verified, delivered in 2 business days after approval.

Fire Insurance Maps were first published in the mid-1800s. These maps show details of urban and industrial areas such as roads, building footprints, building construction details, location of storage tanks, the building use at the time the map was prepared and the names of the building occupants. From these maps you can note the location of wells, raw material storage locations and the locations of storage tanks containing chemicals and petroleum products.

ERIS has a collection of close to 1 million historic Fire Insurance Maps covering many areas of the United States. Fire Insurance Maps may be purchased along with a database report or as part of a package.

ERIS’ topographical maps were first published in the late 1800s and now cover the entire United States. Topographic maps show natural features such as wooded areas, lakes, rivers, wetlands and topographic relief. Cities and towns are depicted along with individual structures in rural areas and man-made structures such as roads, railroad tracks, dams and bridges. Certain land disturbance activities such as quarries, mines and ditches, which may have environmental research importance are often shown.

• ERIS provides digital copies of current and historical 7.5- and 15-minute USGS topographic maps for the entire United States.
• All topographic maps are in color and include a scale bar and the year created/updated.

City directories are valuable historical data sources for identifying past occupants of buildings over long periods of time. ERIS has a research team of experts located at multiple research facilities throughout the country. As available, ERIS will provide digital images for your property or address range.

Research Parameters

• City directory covers your site at approximate five year intervals.
• Specify which additional street you would like ERIS to research or we will select the street for you based on the information you provide.
• An ERIS representative will contact you if we discover conflicting or incomplete information regarding your site location and the streets to be researched.
• For many older cities, city directory coverage can date back to the early 1900s.
• Custom city directories can also be searched. Please contact us for more details.

And now, there's SmartCD:

The SmartCD is the most comprehensive and intuitive city directory report in the industry.
ERIS has developed a proprietary methodology to better select adjoining properties based on the E1527-21 Standard's guidance. It allows the professionals at ERIS to use their knowledge of historical and regional nuances to provide an ASTM-compliant CD search with no extra work for you. It alleviates any guess work and results in a high quality, more accurate, and ASTM-compliant product – with fewer reworks.

Here's the process:

1. Outline the boundary of your subject property when placing the order.
2. Our team will pull relevant adjoining property addresses based on your subject property boundaries.
3. Our researchers utilize their access to parcel information, historical maps, imagery, and other sources as needed. This helps not only to identify adjacent addresses but also street name changes, address renumbering, historic streets, etc.
4. Should you have a larger property or complex site that requires more extensive research, our team will reach out and provide a complimentary consultation on options for you to evaluate.

2-5 business day turnaround time (more complex sites may require additional time)

For more information contact your Regional Account Manager, email us at [email protected], or live chat with us.

Historical Aerials depict the history of land use over time. They are also used to determine where to drill and sample during Phase II projects. ERIS has an impressive and continually growing collection of high quality Historical Aerials, and accesses additional available sources to retrieve images as required. ERIS provides these images as a single purchase or as part of a package of environmental and historical information.

Highlights of Historical Aerial Photos:

• Most of the aerials have a scale of 1” = 500’.
• Each aerial photograph can show an area up to 5000’ x 7500’ or approximately 860 acres in size, dependent on the shape of the property. Larger sites or irregularly shaped sites may require more aerial photographs at an additional charge.
• ERIS will provide 5 to 12 historical aerial photographs of different years typically ranging from the 1930s or 1940s to the near present.
• ERIS offers several options for delivery, including: standard pdf, jpeg files, and GeoTiffs; and of course, all are accessible through ERIS Xplorer.
• Historical Aerials are offered a la carte and in ERIS’ multi-product packages.

NEW – Upgrade to Aerial Imaging for Large Custom Areas and Linear Projects

The upgrade allows multiple high-resolution images for large custom areas and linear projects to be viewed seamlessly in the ERIS Xplorer application.

• Integrate high-res aerial images into Xplorer to enable more depth and precision when reviewing projects.​​​​​​
• Overlay images effortlessly and use the Opacity and Transition tools to assess environmental changes and risks with accuracy regardless of site size.
• Generate robust PDF reports containing both summaries and detailed imagery for large-scale projects.
• Benefit from ERIS’ end-to-end solution integration whether in the office or on-site across ERIS Mobile, Xplorer, the Figure Creator Tool, and SCRIVA, our report authoring platform.

Explore this impactful new technology on your next large scale project.

Environmental Lien is defined as: A charge, security, or encumbrance upon title to a property to secure the payment of a cost, damage, debt, obligation, or duty arising out of response actions cleanup, or other remediation of hazardous substances or petroleum products upon a property, including (but not limited to) liens imposed pursuant to CERCLA 42 USC 9607(1) and similar state or local laws.

To create this ASTM E1527-21 Compliant Environmental Lien Search Report, a network of professional, trained researchers, following established procedures, uses client supplied property information to:

• Search for parcel information and/or legal description;
• Search for ownership information back to 1980;
• Research official land title documents recorded at jurisdictional agencies such as recorder’s office, registries of deed, county clerks’ offices, etc.;
• Access a copy of the deed;
• Search for environmental encumbering instrument(s) associated with the deed;
• Thorough review of CC&Rs
• Provide a copy of any environmental encumbrance(s) based upon a review of key words in the instrument(s) (title, parties involved and description); and
• Provide a copy of the deed or cite documents reviewed.

If ordering an Environmental Lien Search Report with more than one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc., each will be charged as a separate search. They may not follow the same chain. If your client expects to pay for only one search, please choose one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc.

5-12 business day turnaround time (multiple parcel searches may require additional time)

Environmental Lien is defined as: A charge, security, or encumbrance upon title to a property to secure the payment of a cost, damage, debt, obligation, or duty arising out of response actions cleanup, or other remediation of hazardous substances or petroleum products upon a property, including (but not limited to) liens imposed pursuant to CERCLA 42 USC 9607(1) and similar state or local laws.

To create an Environmental Lien Search Report, a network of professional, trained researchers, following established procedures, uses client supplied property information to:

• Search for parcel information and/or legal description;
• Search for CURRENT ownership information;
• Research official land title documents recorded at jurisdictional agencies such as recorder’s office, registries of deed, county clerks’ offices, etc.;
• Access a copy of the deed;
  Search for environmental encumbering instrument(s) associated with the deed;
• Provide a copy of any environmental encumbrance(s) based upon a review of key words in the instrument(s) (title, parties involved and description); and
• Provide a copy of the deed or cite documents reviewed.

If ordering an Environmental Lien Search Report with more than one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc., each will be charged as a separate search. They may not follow the same chain. If your client expects to pay for only one search, please choose one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc.

3-7 business day turnaround time (multiple parcel searches may require additional time)

A search for a property’s previous owners of a certain piece or parcel of land, typically going back to 1940, showing recorded date, grantor, grantee, and recorded instrument information. A copy of the current vesting deed can be included if requested at time of order.

If splits occur (ex: current parcel was assembled from 2 or more parcels back in the 1960s), additional costs to be approved before work continues. Time required to receive approval for additional splits is not included in turnaround time. Splits must have a common back chain. Multiple chains also occur when partial interests are conveyed to multiple parties. For example, if an owner conveys 1/20 interest to ten separate owners, then each one of those ten owners has a separate ownership chain until a single party assembles them.

If ordering a Chain of Title with more than one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc., each will be charged as a separate search. They may not follow the same chain. If your client expects to pay for only one search, please choose one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc.

3-12 business day turnaround time (multiple parcel searches may require additional time)

Environmental Lien Search Report back to 1980 & 60-Year Historic Chain of Title Report

Together the environmental lien search report and historic chain of title report provide the most detailed information on the history of ownership and financial status of a property.

If ordering with more than one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc., each will be charged as a separate search. They may not follow the same chain. If your client expects to pay for only one search, please choose one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc.

3-12 business day turnaround time (multiple parcel searches may require additional time)

Environmental Lien Search Report & 60-Year Historic Chain of Title Report

Together the environmental lien search report and historic chain of title report provide detailed information on the history of ownership and financial status of a property.

If ordering with more than one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc., each will be charged as a separate search. They may not follow the same chain. If your client expects to pay for only one search, please choose one address, parcel number, Lot/Block, legal description, etc.

3-12 business day turnaround time (multiple parcel searches may require additional time)