Lynchburg city, VA

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

Land area
49
sq mi
Water area
0.5
sq mi
County FIPS
51680
Center
37.399, -79.195

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Lynchburg city centroid

Centroid elevation
204
m (669 ft)
Terrain relief
100
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 204 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 100 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 Lynchburg city

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

Can I see who owns a parcel in Lynchburg city?

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

How hilly is Lynchburg city?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 100 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 Lynchburg city?

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 Lynchburg city offices that can.

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