Matagorda County, TX

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

Land area
1,093.1
sq mi
Water area
519.4
sq mi
County FIPS
48321
Center
28.775, -96.001

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Matagorda County centroid

Centroid elevation
10
m (33 ft)
Terrain relief
18
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 10 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 18 m — flat terrain by our banding (flat <30 m · gently rolling 30–100 m · hilly 100–300 m · mountainous >300 m). Water covers about 32% 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 Matagorda 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 Matagorda 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 Matagorda County

Can I see who owns a parcel in Matagorda County?

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

How hilly is Matagorda County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 18 m across a ~20–40 km window — flat 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 Matagorda 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 Matagorda County offices that can.

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