Bristol County, MA
What LandBenchmark can tell you about a parcel in Bristol County — and, just as importantly, what it can't.
- Land area
- 553.1
- sq mi
- Water area
- 138
- sq mi
- County FIPS
- 25005
- Centre
- 41.749, -71.089
Area and centre from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.
Data available for Bristol County
- Owner of record, parcel number, assessed value and the county's parcel boundary — Massachusetts publishes these as open data (MassGIS — Level 3 Standardized Assessor Parcels). LandBenchmark reads them directly.
- No township/range legal description. Massachusetts 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 neighbouring 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 Bristol 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.