Jackson County, NC

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

Land area
491.1
sq mi
Water area
3.8
sq mi
County FIPS
37099
Center
35.285, -83.124

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Jackson County centroid

Centroid elevation
732
m (2,402 ft)
Terrain relief
846
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 732 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 846 m — mountainous 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 Jackson County

  • Owner of record, parcel number, assessed value and the county's parcel boundaryNorth Carolina publishes these as open data (NC OneMap — Statewide Parcels). LandBenchmark reads them directly.
  • No township/range legal description. North Carolina 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County

Can I see who owns a parcel in Jackson County?

Yes — North Carolina publishes parcel ownership as open data (NC OneMap — Statewide Parcels), so a LandBenchmark report on a Jackson County parcel shows the owner of record, parcel number and assessed value, cited to the state dataset.

How hilly is Jackson County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 846 m across a ~20–40 km window — mountainous 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 Jackson 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 Jackson County offices that can.

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