Alamance County elevation and terrain tools
Piedmont • County seat: Graham
Alamance County is rolling piedmont country cut from north to south by the Haw River and its tributaries. The Cane Creek Mountains rise as a low ridge in the south, and the ground elsewhere is a pattern of low hills and shallow stream valleys.
Open the mapLidar coverage
Lidar projects that cover Graham, from the USGS 3DEP index. Other parts of the county may come from other projects; the coverage guide explains how to check any spot.
No lidar project is recorded at Graham; the map falls back to the coarser 3DEP elevation model there.
Property boundaries
The Property tool can select parcels in Alamance County from the county assessor’s GIS parcels (NC OneMap statewide parcels (county assessors)) and use the boundary as the area for any other tool. Assessor parcels are not surveys.
Tools for Alamance County
A PDF terrain report for a parcel: hillshade, contours, slope and elevation statistics.
How the tool worksContour lines at the interval you choose, on the map and as vector files.
How the tool worksHours of direct sun on any day of the year, with shadows cast by the terrain.
How the tool works