THE AUGUSTA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys setting.
Augusta County has 967.1 square miles of land in Virginia. 6 mapped landscape regions meet across Augusta County: Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys, Northern Dissected Ridges and Knobs, Northern Shale Valleys, among others.
Long, roughly parallel ridges and valleys follow folded and faulted rock layers. Limestone valleys, sandstone ridges and other geologic contrasts produce varied terrain and numerous regional springs and caves.
Regional context: Ridge and Valley ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Augusta County intersects 6 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Northern Limestone/Dolomite Valleys50.3%
- Northern Dissected Ridges and Knobs18.3%
- Northern Shale Valleys16.2%
- Northern Sedimentary and Metasedimentary Ridges9.6%
- Northern Sandstone Ridges3.5%
Blue Ridge in Augusta County
Forested ridges, plateaus and high mountains extend through the Blue Ridge. Elevation, rainfall and sheltered coves create marked differences in forest communities across short distances.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Augusta County
The atlas lists 20 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Augusta County, including Stuarts Draft, Fishersville, Wintergreen. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Augusta County by land and water
The Census records 3.68 square miles of water within Augusta County, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Augusta County’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Augusta County has 2,538.3 times the land area of nearby Churchville CDP (0.38 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Albemarle County, Bath County, Highland County, Nelson County, Rockbridge County, Rockingham County, Staunton city, Waynesboro city within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

