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Amherst County, VA Parcels & GIS Data

Amherst County, VA parcel data: 25,594 property records with owner names, assessed values, land use, acreage, and addresses. Preview and download.

Land Records publishes Amherst County, Virginia parcel data covering 25,594 property records.

This page documents parcel-level coverage for Amherst County, Virginia. Each parcel record carries its boundary polygon (GIS geometry) along with attributes such as the parcel ID/APN, owner name and mailing address, situs (property) address, assessed land and improvement values, acreage, land-use and zoning codes, year built, and most recent sale price and date. Exact fill rates for Amherst County are listed in the attribute-coverage table below. Preview the data in the interactive explorer, or download the complete Amherst County property dataset.

Amherst County is located in the Piedmont region, near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area, and its county seat is also named Amherst.

FIPS 51009

Official county website: http://www.countyofamherst.com

The FIPS code for Amherst County is 51009.

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Attribute coverage

Amherst County contains 25,594 parcels in the current dataset. Column coverage is the percentage of those parcels for which the attribute is populated (non-NULL). For the LBCS columns, only real classifications count: the to-be-determined and not-applicable placeholder codes are excluded.

ColumnCoverageRecords populated
lrid100%25,594
parcelid100%25,589
parcelid299.6%25,488
ogparcelid100%25,594
ogparcelid2100%25,594
parentid<0.1%0
stackid<0.1%0
geoid100%25,594
statefp100%25,594
countyfp100%25,594
countyname100%25,594
cousubfp100%25,594
cousubname100%25,594
tractce100%25,594
tractname100%25,594
taxacctnum99.1%25,362
taxyear98.7%25,260
taxdistrict100%25,594
usecode98.1%25,113
usedesc98.7%25,260
zoningcode92.2%23,585
zoningdesc99.2%25,397
numbldgs98.7%25,260
numunits4.7%1,207
yearbuilt98.0%25,090
numfloors62.0%15,878
bldgsqft98.3%25,158
bedrooms67.8%17,348
halfbaths66.9%17,127
fullbaths67.8%17,347
imprvalue62.4%15,978
landvalue98.7%25,259
agvalue<0.1%0
totalvalue98.7%25,259
taxacres98.7%25,260
calcarea100%25,594
saleamt50.9%13,026
saledate71.3%18,250
ownertype0.1%14
ownername98.7%25,260
owneraddr98.7%25,260
ownercity98.7%25,260
ownerstate<0.1%0
ownerzip<0.1%0
parceladdr98.6%25,246
parcelcity98.7%25,252
parcelstate100%25,594
parcelzip100%25,594
legaldesc98.2%25,133
township<0.1%0
section<0.1%0
qtrsection<0.1%0
range<0.1%0
plssdesc<0.1%0
book54.2%13,884
page1.8%473
block98.7%25,254
lot99.1%25,359
parceltype0.1%31
accesstype0.8%205
iucnclass0.7%191
placename3.3%832
placetype3.2%822
firmid100%25,594
firmdate100%25,594
fldzone100%25,594
zonesubty98.6%25,234
staticbfe<0.1%0
elevmin97.9%25,052
elevmax97.9%25,052
elevavg97.9%25,052
fireplaces<0.1%0
heating67.8%17,350
heatfuel67.8%17,350
cooling67.7%17,336
foundation63.2%16,164
roofcover67.8%17,351
siding67.8%17,352
bldgtype<0.1%0
naicscode2.4%607
frsid<0.1%0
dfrurl<0.1%0
caapermit<0.1%0
cwapermit<0.1%0
rcrapermit<0.1%0
updated100%25,594
centroidx100%25,594
centroidy100%25,594
surfpointx100%25,594
surfpointy100%25,594
geom100%25,594
extras100%25,594
ownerlist0.1%14
placefp40.9%10,479
zoningurl91.3%23,379
lbcsactivity98.8%25,278
lbcsfunction98.7%25,272
lbcstype98.6%25,237
lbcscharacter99.3%25,409
lbcsownership98.8%25,281
sourceurl<0.1%0

Schema mapping

How source columns from the acquired Amherst County GIS layers map into the harmonized entity schemas and assemble into the published parcel table, alongside supplemented fields (elevation, flood zone) and deterministic columns.

Schema mapping — Amherst County, Virginia (51009) 3 entities · most recent acquisition per entity · generated 2026-10-10 direct column transformed (expression) geometry extras json supplemented determined ALL ENTITIES → FINAL PARCEL SCHEMA Harmonized entity columns assemble into publish.parcel_layer — matched by column name. Supplemented fields show their fill rate in this county. SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED ENTITIES PUBLISH.PARCEL_LAYER PARCEL parcelid ptm_id lastupdate AT ZONE geom locality vgin_qpid fips parcelid parcelid2 updated geom taxdistrict extras REFTABLE mrecno isize itotv idesc icond geom 6 cols ⇢ parcelid bldgsqft imprvalue bldgtype bldgcondition geom extras ZONING zoning geom creationdate creator editdate editor zoningcode zoningdesc geom extras determined · ground truth 100% lrid 100% geoid 100% statefp 100% countyfp 100% countyname 100% cousubfp 100% cousubname 100% tractce 100% tractname 98.7% taxyear geom · derived from geometry geom dem.us_1m · USGS 1m DEM 97.9% elevmin 97.9% elevmax 97.9% elevavg s_fld_haz_ar · FEMA NFHL 100% fldzone 98.6% zonesubty 100% firmdate 100% firmid supplemented · derived / other pipelines 99.1% taxacctnum 98.1% usecode 98.7% usedesc 98.7% numbldgs 98.0% yearbuilt 62.0% numfloors 67.8% bedrooms 66.9% halfbaths 67.8% fullbaths 98.7% landvalue 98.7% totalvalue 98.7% taxacres 50.9% saleamt 71.3% saledate 98.7% ownername 98.7% owneraddr 98.7% ownercity 98.6% parceladdr 98.7% parcelcity 100% parcelstate 100% parcelzip 98.2% legaldesc 54.2% book 98.7% block 99.1% lot 67.8% heating 67.8% heatfuel 67.7% cooling 63.2% foundation 67.8% roofcover 67.8% siding 91.3% zoningurl 98.8% lbcsactivity 98.7% lbcsfunction 98.6% lbcstype 99.3% lbcscharacter 98.8% lbcsownership lrid parcelid parcelid2 ogparcelid ogparcelid2 geoid statefp countyfp countyname cousubfp cousubname tractce tractname taxacctnum taxyear taxdistrict usecode usedesc zoningcode zoningdesc numbldgs yearbuilt numfloors bldgsqft bedrooms halfbaths fullbaths imprvalue landvalue totalvalue taxacres calcarea saleamt saledate ownername owneraddr ownercity parceladdr parcelcity parcelstate parcelzip legaldesc book block lot firmid firmdate fldzone zonesubty elevmin elevmax elevavg heating heatfuel cooling foundation roofcover siding bldgtype updated centroidx centroidy surfpointx surfpointy geom extras zoningurl lbcsactivity lbcsfunction lbcstype lbcscharacter lbcsownership publish.parcel_layer columns not fed by these sources (29) — empty or below 50% fill in this county parentid, stackid, numunits, agvalue, ownertype, ownerstate, ownerzip, township, section, qtrsection, range, plssdesc, page, parceltype accesstype, iucnclass, placename, placetype, staticbfe, fireplaces, naicscode, frsid, dfrurl, caapermit, cwapermit, rcrapermit, ownerlist placefp, sourceurl PARCEL 6 mapped · 2 transformed · 49 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → PARCEL parcelid ptm_id lastupdate AT ZONE geom locality vgin_qpid fips parcelid parcelid2 updated (to_timestamp(lastupdate::double precision / 1000.0) AT TIME ZO… geom taxdistrict extras json_build_object( 'vgin_qpid', vgin_qpid::text, 'fips', fips::… not present in source — filled with NULL (49) taxacctnum, taxyear, usecode, usedesc, zoningcode, zoningdesc, numbldgs, numunits, yearbuilt, numfloors, bldgsqft, bedrooms, halfbaths fullbaths, imprvalue, landvalue, agvalue, totalvalue, taxacres, saleamt, saledate, ownername, owneraddr, ownercity, ownerstate, ownerzip parceladdr, parcelcity, parcelstate, parcelzip, legaldesc, township, section, qtrsection, range, plssdesc, book, page, block, lot, sourceurl parentid, heatfuel, fireplaces, heating, cooling, foundation, roofcover, siding REFTABLE 6 mapped · 6 kept in extras · 115 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → REFTABLE mrecno isize itotv idesc icond geom parcelid bldgsqft imprvalue bldgtype bldgcondition geom extras · 6 source columns preserved as json irate, idepr, creationdate, creator, editdate, editor extras not present in source — filled with NULL (115) parcelid2, taxacctnum, taxyear, usecode, usedesc, zoningcode, zoningdesc, numbldgs, numunits, yearbuilt, bedrooms, halfbaths, fullbaths landvalue, agvalue, totalvalue, taxacres, saleamt, saledate, ownername, owneraddr, ownercity, ownerstate, ownerzip, parceladdr, parcelcity parcelstate, parcelzip, legaldesc, township, section, qtrsection, range, plssdesc, book, page, block, lot, zoningtype, zoningordinance zoningsetbacks, zoningrestrictions, landusecode, landusedesc, lbcsdimension, lbcscode, house, category, near, house_number, road, unit, level staircase, entrance, po_box, postcode, suburb, city_district, city, island, state_district, state, country_region, country, world_region numfloors, yearremodel, livingarea, bldgquality, architecture, totalrooms, fireplaces, heating, cooling, foundation, attic, atticsqft, intwall extwall, roofstyle, roofcover, roofheight, fsagpfeet, siding, framing, basementsqft, attgaragesqft, detgaragesqft, garagestalls, situsaddress appraisedvalue, assessedvalue, boatlift, boatdock, boathouse, pool, gazebo, irrigation, riprap, solarium, carport, greenhouse, openporch enclporch, sauna, wooddeck, hottub, patio, shed, workshop, sourceurl, taxdistrict, parentid, heatfuel ZONING 4 mapped · 2 transformed · 6 unmapped (NULL) SOURCE COLUMNS HARMONIZED → ZONING zoning geom creationdate creator editdate editor zoningcode NULLIF(TRIM(regexp_replace(REPLACE(REPLACE(TRIM(zoning), chr(82… zoningdesc geom extras json_build_object( 'creationdate', creationdate::text, 'creator… not present in source — filled with NULL (6) zoningtype, ordinance, setbacks, restrictions, notes, sourceurl

Neighboring counties

Parcel data for counties bordering Amherst County:

Frequently asked questions

Where can I find Amherst County, VA parcel and GIS data?

Land Records publishes a Amherst County, VA parcel dataset in which every parcel carries its boundary polygon (GIS geometry) along with ownership, assessed value, land use, acreage, and sale history. Preview it in the interactive explorer on this page, or download the full Amherst County, VA dataset as a GeoPackage or CSV.

How many parcels are in Amherst County, VA?

The current dataset contains 25,594 parcel records for Amherst County, VA, each with its boundary geometry and assessor attributes.

What is the FIPS code for Amherst County, VA?

The FIPS code for Amherst County, VA is 51009.

What information does each Amherst County, VA parcel record include?

Each Amherst County, VA parcel record includes the parcel ID/APN, owner name and mailing address, situs (property) address, assessed land and improvement values, acreage, land-use and zoning codes, year built, and the most recent sale price and date — plus the parcel boundary polygon. Per-attribute fill rates are listed in the coverage table on this page.

Is Amherst County, VA parcel data free?

You can preview Amherst County, VA parcels for free in the interactive explorer. The complete dataset is available as a one-time download or through the nationwide parcel web service; see the download options on this page for current pricing.

Does Amherst County, VA have an official GIS or property records website?

Yes — the official Amherst County, VA government website is linked in the county details above. Land Records standardizes Amherst County, VA assessor and recorder records into a single nationwide parcel schema with GIS boundary geometry.

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