Prince George's County, MD

What LandBenchmark can tell you about a parcel in Prince George's County — and, just as importantly, what it can't.

Land area
482.6
sq mi
Water area
16.2
sq mi
County FIPS
24033
Center
38.829, -76.848

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Prince George's County centroid

Centroid elevation
62
m (203 ft)
Terrain relief
73
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 62 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 73 m — gently rolling terrain by our banding (flat <30 m · gently rolling 30–100 m · hilly 100–300 m · mountainous >300 m). Water covers about 3% of the county's area (Census Gazetteer). 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 Prince George's County

  • No free owner records. Maryland does not publish a free statewide parcel-and-owner dataset, so LandBenchmark cannot show who owns a parcel in Prince George's County. The county assessor's office is the authoritative source. Every measured signal below is unaffected.
  • No township/range legal description. Maryland 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 Prince George's 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 Prince George's County

Can I see who owns a parcel in Prince George's County?

Not from free data — Maryland does not publish a free statewide parcel-ownership dataset, and LandBenchmark does not buy broker data. The Prince George's County assessor's office is the authoritative source; every measured signal is unaffected.

How hilly is Prince George's County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 73 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 Prince George's 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 Prince George's County offices that can.

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