Vega Alta Municipio, PR
What LandBenchmark can tell you about a parcel in Vega Alta Municipio — and, just as importantly, what it can't.
- Land area
- 27.7
- sq mi
- Water area
- 9.8
- sq mi
- County FIPS
- 72143
- Center
- 18.436, -66.336
Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.
Measured terrain around the Vega Alta Municipio centroid
- Centroid elevation
- 73
- m (240 ft)
The county center sits at about 73 m above sea level. Water covers about 26% 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 Vega Alta Municipio
- No free owner records. Puerto Rico does not publish a free statewide parcel-and-owner dataset, so LandBenchmark cannot show who owns a parcel in Vega Alta Municipio. The county assessor's office is the authoritative source. Every measured signal below is unaffected.
- Legal description — township, range and section from the BLM Public Land Survey System.
- 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 Vega Alta Municipio. 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 Vega Alta Municipio
Can I see who owns a parcel in Vega Alta Municipio?
Not from free data — Puerto Rico does not publish a free statewide parcel-ownership dataset, and LandBenchmark does not buy broker data. The Vega Alta Municipio assessor's office is the authoritative source; every measured signal is unaffected.
How hilly is Vega Alta Municipio?
We haven't published a valid relief measurement for this county's centroid window. A report on a specific parcel measures its actual slope and usable acreage directly.
What can LandBenchmark measure for a parcel in Vega Alta Municipio?
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 Vega Alta Municipio offices that can.