Giles County, TN

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

Land area
610.9
sq mi
Water area
0.2
sq mi
County FIPS
47055
Center
35.203, -87.035

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Giles County centroid

Centroid elevation
235
m (771 ft)
Terrain relief
108
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 235 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 108 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 Giles County

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

Can I see who owns a parcel in Giles County?

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

How hilly is Giles County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 108 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 Giles 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 Giles County offices that can.

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