THE RICHMOND COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Hills setting.
Richmond County has 324.4 square miles of land in Georgia. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Richmond County: Sand Hills, Coastal Plain Red Uplands, Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces, among others.
Irregular plains of sand, silt and clay support a mix of pine and hardwood landscapes. The region has more relief than the lower coastal plain, with generally gentle stream gradients.
Regional context: Southeastern Plains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Richmond County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sand Hills64%
- Coastal Plain Red Uplands19%
- Southeastern Floodplains and Low Terraces13.2%
- Southern Outer Piedmont3.8%
Piedmont in Richmond County
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Richmond County
The atlas lists 3 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Richmond County, including Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance), Hephzibah, Blythe. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Richmond County by land and water
The Census records 4.23 square miles of water within Richmond County, or 1.3% of its total area. That share is close to Richmond County’s 1.3%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Richmond County has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government (balance) (302.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Burke County, Columbia County, Jefferson County, McDuffie County within Georgia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

