Walton County, GA
What LandBenchmark can tell you about a parcel in Walton County — and, just as importantly, what it can't.
- Land area
- 326.8
- sq mi
- Water area
- 3.2
- sq mi
- County FIPS
- 13297
- Center
- 33.784, -83.732
Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.
Measured terrain around the Walton County centroid
- Centroid elevation
- 251
- m (823 ft)
- Terrain relief
- 89
- m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)
The county center sits at about 251 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 89 m — gently rolling 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 Walton County
- No free owner records. Georgia does not publish a free statewide parcel-and-owner dataset, so LandBenchmark cannot show who owns a parcel in Walton County. The county assessor's office is the authoritative source. Every measured signal below is unaffected.
- No township/range legal description. Georgia is a metes-and-bounds state with no PLSS grid.
- 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 Walton 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 Walton County
Can I see who owns a parcel in Walton County?
Not from free data — Georgia does not publish a free statewide parcel-ownership dataset, and LandBenchmark does not buy broker data. The Walton County assessor's office is the authoritative source; every measured signal is unaffected.
How hilly is Walton County?
Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 89 m across a ~20–40 km window — gently rolling 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 Walton 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 Walton County offices that can.