Preston County, WV

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

Land area
648.8
sq mi
Water area
2.6
sq mi
County FIPS
54077
Center
39.469, -79.669

Area and center from the US Census Bureau 2023 Gazetteer.

Measured terrain around the Preston County centroid

Centroid elevation
534
m (1,752 ft)
Terrain relief
384
m spread (p95−p5, ~20–40 km window)

The county center sits at about 534 m above sea level. Elevation across the sampled window spreads 384 m — mountainous 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 Preston County

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

Can I see who owns a parcel in Preston County?

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

How hilly is Preston County?

Around the county center, measured elevation spreads 384 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 Preston 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 Preston County offices that can.

Nearest neighboring counties