Independence County, AR
What LandBenchmark can tell you about a parcel in Independence County — and, just as importantly, what it can't.
- Land area
- 763.7
- sq mi
- Water area
- 7.8
- sq mi
- County FIPS
- 05063
- Center
- 35.737, -91.560
Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.
Measured terrain around the Independence County centroid
- Centroid elevation
- 108
- m (354 ft)
- Terrain relief
- 167
- m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)
The county center sits at about 108 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 167 m — hilly terrain by our banding (flat <30 m · gently rolling 30–100 m · hilly 100–300 m · mountainous >300 m). These are county-scale context, not parcel measurements — a specific parcel gets its own slope, flood and usable-acreage readings when analyzed.
Elevation measured 2026-07-21 from the AWS Terrain Tiles (terrarium encoding, z10).
Data available for Independence County
- No free owner records. Arkansas does not publish a free statewide parcel-and-owner dataset, so LandBenchmark cannot show who owns a parcel in Independence County. The county assessor's office is the authoritative source. Every measured signal below is unaffected.
- Legal description — township, range and section from the BLM Public Land Survey System.
- FEMA flood zones, wetlands, soil survey and NCCPI soil productivity — the federal layers, all free and all available here.
- 56 measured signals from satellite imagery and public records — slope and usable acreage, observed surface water, vegetation trend, wildfire and seismic hazard, access and neighboring land use. Each one cites its method, its source, and the date it was observed.
LandBenchmark has no listings and does not know what is for sale in Independence County. It analyses a parcel you point it at. It is an automated Phase-1 desk screen, not a survey, a flood determination, or a substitute for on-site inspection.
Common questions about land in Independence County
Can I see who owns a parcel in Independence County?
Not from free data — Arkansas does not publish a free statewide parcel-ownership dataset, and LandBenchmark does not buy broker data. The Independence County assessor's office is the authoritative source; every measured signal is unaffected.
How hilly is Independence County?
Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 167 m across a ~20–40 km window — hilly terrain by our banding. Individual parcels vary: a report measures the actual slope and usable acreage of the parcel you point it at.
What can LandBenchmark measure for a parcel in Independence County?
56 measured signals, each cited with source and observation date: FEMA flood zone plus surface water observed in multi-year imagery, USFWS wetlands, USDA soil survey and productivity, slope and usable acreage, wildfire and seismic hazard, access and surroundings. What a satellite cannot verify — title, zoning, perc results, water rights — goes on a human-verify checklist naming the Independence County offices that can.