Drain-IQ™
your farm’s drainage map, pre-built and ready to use
see every field’s flow, elevation, depressions, and contours in one simple online tool
The Smarter Way to Map Your Farm’s Elevation & Drainage
Drain-IQ gives you pre-built, ready-to-use drainage maps for every field on your farm — no GIS skills needed. We combine high-resolution LiDAR with advanced analysis to show you flow paths, depressions, contours, and elevations in a clear, easy-to-use online tool.
Try the Drain-IQ Demo
Explore randomly selected fields from across the province and see the full power of Drain-IQ in action. Your own farm’s version will look exactly the same — but with your fields, your unique URL, and your own QR code for instant access.
Every Field Comes With…
Elevation & Terrain Maps
Highly detailed elevation maps for every field, displayed using a unique color and shading to highlight the high and low spots in the field. Turn on contours to provide even greater visual understanding, and add elevation labels anywhere with a simple tap or click.
Detailed Flow Routes
View the natural flow of each field with highly accurate and detailed flow mapping. Thicker lines identify the major drains, handling more contributing acres, while smaller tributaries are thinner. Adjust the detail you see with a simple slider for complete control.
Depressions & Ponding Layer
Our exclusive field modeling identifies not only depressional areas, but also expands this to cover additional areas prone to ponding. Using a slider, you have full control over whether you see just the most significant depressions, or ponding areas too.
Wetness Index
The wetness index layer predicts which areas are most likely to become saturated based on topography and flow. It can identify micro-relief on flatter fields, or hills and water routes on rolling land, and makes a useful layer to guide targeted tile placements.
Create Drainage Designs and Export Overlays for Ditch Assist, SD Drain, Ditch Pro, and more
Pick a Field
Toggle Layers
View Depressions & Ponding
Adjust Flow Intensity
Quickly Profile Drain Routes
Add Runs to Quick Designer
Build Field-Ready Drainage Plans
Coverage Areas
Drain-IQ is available for regions in Canada and the United States that have publically available LiDAR data. Use the following links to check latest coverage and confirm your area is covered before signing up.
Canada Coverage
Click the button below to view the current Canada LiDAR coverage map. Zoom to your fields and click on the project polygon(s) to see detailed information, including acquisition dates for LiDAR in your area. In areas covered by multiple projects, the most recent data are used.
United States Coverage
Virtually all of the major US agricultural regions are now covered by LiDAR. Click on the button below to open the USGS LiDAR Viewer. Open the menu and check the box to ‘Show where LiDAR is available’ to see coverage and acquisition dates.
Simple Transparent Pricing
Built for whole-farm adoption
Drain-IQ is priced to make it easy for large operations to bring every field online—and fair for smaller farms too. Choose an initial commitment from 1–5 years; when your term ends, renew annually after initial term. If you already have field boundaries in Shapefile or KML, great—otherwise we can create them as a one-time service.
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Large Farms (>1,000 total acres) get volume pricing across the entire operation.
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Small Farms / Small Fields (≤1,000 total acres) get simple per-acre pricing with the same features.
No hidden fees. Your custom URL, hosting, and standard data exports are included in the per-acre price. All that’s required to get started are your field boundaries – if you don’t have any we can make them for you.
Estimate Your Price
Choose acres, fields, and an initial term (1–5 years). We detect your tier automatically. After your term, renew annually at the tier’s rate. If you don’t have Shapefile/KML boundaries, add the one-time boundary service.
“This is exactly what we’ve been looking for on our farm. It’s simple but powerful, and gives us everything we need to make our drainage effective. The overlays for Ditch Assist are fantastic!”
– Real feedback from an early adopter
Simple by Design. No software to install. No logins.
Open your custom Drain-IQ link on any device and start planning in seconds. It’s field-ready and always up to date.