Chittenden County, VT
What LandBenchmark can tell you about a parcel in Chittenden County — and, just as importantly, what it can't.
- Land area
- 536.8
- sq mi
- Water area
- 83.8
- sq mi
- County FIPS
- 50007
- Center
- 44.463, -73.069
Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.
Measured terrain around the Chittenden County centroid
- Centroid elevation
- 182
- m (597 ft)
- Terrain relief
- 659
- m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)
The county center sits at about 182 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 659 m — mountainous terrain by our banding (flat <30 m · gently rolling 30–100 m · hilly 100–300 m · mountainous >300 m). Water covers about 14% 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 Chittenden County
- No free owner records. Vermont does not publish a free statewide parcel-and-owner dataset, so LandBenchmark cannot show who owns a parcel in Chittenden County. The county assessor's office is the authoritative source. Every measured signal below is unaffected.
- No township/range legal description. Vermont 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 Chittenden 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 Chittenden County
Can I see who owns a parcel in Chittenden County?
Not from free data — Vermont does not publish a free statewide parcel-ownership dataset, and LandBenchmark does not buy broker data. The Chittenden County assessor's office is the authoritative source; every measured signal is unaffected.
How hilly is Chittenden County?
Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 659 m across a ~20–40 km window — mountainous 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 Chittenden 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 Chittenden County offices that can.