Berks County, PA

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

Land area
856.4
sq mi
Water area
9.4
sq mi
County FIPS
42011
Center
40.414, -75.927

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Berks County centroid

Centroid elevation
108
m (354 ft)
Terrain relief
225
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 108 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 225 m — hilly 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 Berks County

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

Can I see who owns a parcel in Berks County?

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

How hilly is Berks County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 225 m across a ~20–40 km window — hilly 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 Berks 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 Berks County offices that can.

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