Question 1

What is included in Founding Pro?

Accepted Answer

Founding Pro includes unlimited point and corridor checks, full PDF and KMZ exports, saved projects and query history, Evidence Lock records, Insurance Pre-Work Compliance Reports, transmission utility screening, and rig, tooling, and mud recommendations.

Question 2

Does this replace 811?

Accepted Answer

No. BoreCast uses public transmission-level utility data for early risk screening. Local gas, water, sewer, and other distribution assets are not included. 811 locates remain legally required before any dig.

Question 3

Does this replace my geotech report?

Accepted Answer

No. BoreCast is for bidding and planning before you pay for a formal boring. For permitting, design-load work, sealed drawings, or major crossings, you still want the licensed professional your jurisdiction requires.

Question 4

How accurate is it vs a real boring?

Accepted Answer

Accuracy depends on well density. In Wisconsin, our highest well-per-square-mile coverage state, fused well + soil data hits 42.1% exact-class agreement at 0-25 ft vs 16.6% for a SSURGO-only baseline - and the SSURGO-only model has no answer at all for 58% of that depth window. We publish our methodology; low-density regions return honest "unknown" ranges instead of confident guesses.

Question 5

What states do you cover?

Accepted Answer

Lithology extractions across 14 US states (CA, CO, FL, IL, KS, MI, MN, MT, NE, OH, OR, TX, VT, WI) and 3 Canadian provinces (BC, ON, QC). Bedrock rasters cover the continental US. Coverage expands as we ingest new state well-log datasets.

Question 6

Can I import a KMZ from Civil 3D or AutoCAD?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Drag a KMZ onto the map or use File > Import KMZ. We extract the LineString, buffer it, and query against it like any other corridor.

Question 7

How is this different from SubgradeIQ?

Accepted Answer

SubgradeIQ resells USDA SSURGO soil data, which caps out at standard soil-survey depths. HDD bores go to 25 feet, and that window only exists in real driller-reported well logs. Full comparison at /compare.

Feature	DrillerDB BoreCast	SubgradeIQ
Depth window	0–25 ft default profile	Depth and conditions advertised; exact depth limit not verified
Primary data source	Real driller-reported well logs (23M state well records, 14 US states + 3 Canadian provinces)	Authoritative soil and geotechnical datasets (vendor description)
Coverage strategy	State well datasets + WGNHS bedrock + Shangguan global fallback	Corridor analysis using available datasets; coverage not independently checked
Bedrock depth	Yes — fused from wells + WGNHS + ML model, with cross-validation	Exact bedrock-depth methodology not verified
Honest unknown gaps	First-class — depth bands, intervals, and confidence labels	Unknown-gap and confidence presentation not verified
Provenance + audit trail	Per-interval support count, distance, and source well IDs	Per-interval provenance details not verified
Validation methodology	Held-out WI harness (n=100, lith-v4, 2026-06-09): 42.1% exact-class agreement at 0-25 ft vs a 16.6% SSURGO-only baseline. Not a head-to-head test against SubgradeIQ.	Validation methodology not found in the reviewed public pages
Corridor analysis	Yes — sample-by-sample profile + KMZ + branded PDF	Yes — KML/KMZ route upload and buffered corridor analysis advertised
PDF + KMZ export	Yes — every export carries provenance + classifier version	KMZ download advertised; PDF availability not verified

How we compare to SubgradeIQ.