Grafton County, NH

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

Land area
1,708.6
sq mi
Water area
41.1
sq mi
County FIPS
33009
Center
43.926, -71.842

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Grafton County centroid

Centroid elevation
503
m (1,650 ft)
Terrain relief
667
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 503 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 667 m — mountainous terrain by our banding (flat <30 m · gently rolling 30–100 m · hilly 100–300 m · mountainous >300 m). Water covers about 2% 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 Grafton County

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

Can I see who owns a parcel in Grafton County?

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

How hilly is Grafton County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 667 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 Grafton 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 Grafton County offices that can.

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