Erath County, TX

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

Land area
1,083.2
sq mi
Water area
6.6
sq mi
County FIPS
48143
Center
32.237, -98.221

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Erath County centroid

Centroid elevation
392
m (1,286 ft)
Terrain relief
101
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 392 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 101 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 Erath County

  • Owner of record, parcel number, assessed value and the county's parcel boundaryTexas publishes these as open data (Texas Geographic Information Office — StratMap Parcels). LandBenchmark reads them directly.
  • No township/range legal description. Texas 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 Erath 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 Erath County

Can I see who owns a parcel in Erath County?

Yes — Texas publishes parcel ownership as open data (Texas Geographic Information Office — StratMap Parcels), so a LandBenchmark report on a Erath County parcel shows the owner of record, parcel number and assessed value, cited to the state dataset.

How hilly is Erath County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 101 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 Erath 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 Erath County offices that can.

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