Erie County, New York property search
Search an address or an owner in Erie County, New York with the box at the top of the map, or tap a lot, for its owner, lines and acreage. 370,424 lots are mapped here, covering 872,413 acres. 48,125 of them are held by institutions rather than by individuals.
Farmers and landowners in Erie County received $4.3 million in federal farm program payments in 2025, paid to 188 recipients. 419 acres of agricultural land here are disclosed as foreign-held, the most by owners from Canada. Crop insurance paid $1.7 million in claims for the 2024 crop year.
- 370,424
- Lots mapped
- 872,413
- Acres
- 48,125
- Institutional
Land use in Erie County
Parcels and acreage by land use in Erie County, New York| Land use | Parcels | Acres |
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| 210 | 241,535 | 185,405 |
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| 220 | 41,365 | 10,008 |
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| 311 | 28,019 | 28,661 |
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| 411 | 7,592 | 27,188 |
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| 330 | 4,452 | 8,745 |
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| 270 | 3,656 | 155,638 |
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| 240 | 3,319 | 90,476 |
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| 482 | 2,980 | 847 |
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| 312 | 2,325 | 16,281 |
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| 230 | 2,183 | 673 |
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| 314 | 2,025 | 9,386 |
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| 449 | 1,802 | 7,309 |
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Largest landowners in Erie County
Largest landowners by acreage in Erie County, New York| Owner | Parcels | Acres |
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| County Of Erie | 761 | 5,010 |
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| Town of Amherst | 184 | 3,427 |
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| City Of Buffalo | 2,211 | 2,219 |
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| Niagara Mohawk Power Corp | 396 | 2,163 |
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| Town Of Clarence | 84 | 2,029 |
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| Erie County Parks Dept | 4 | 1,497 |
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| Buffalo Crushed Stone Inc | 107 | 1,385 |
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| Town Of Hamburg | 198 | 1,228 |
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| County Line Stone Co Inc | 40 | 1,073 |
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| State Univ of NY at Buffalo | 2 | 1,027 |
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Companies, trusts and public agencies, ranked by acres held under the name on the assessor's file. Private individuals are not ranked. Largest landowners in New York
Federal farm payments in Erie County
- $4.3M
- Paid in 2025
- 188
- Recipients
Federal farm program payments by program in Erie County, New York, 2025| Program | Paid |
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| Marketing Assistance for Specialty Crops | $2.3M |
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| Emergency Commodity Assistance Program | $1.5M |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Spec Crops | $327K |
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| Supplemental Disaster Relief Non-Spec Crops | $199K |
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| Emergency Assist Livestock Bees Fish ELAP | $24K |
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| DMC Prgm-Supplemental | $22K |
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USDA Farm Service Agency payment files, 2025. Compare farm subsidies by county
Foreign-held farmland in Erie County
- 419
- Acres disclosed
- 5
- Holdings
Foreign-held agricultural land by country in Erie County, New York, 2024| Country | Acres |
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| Canada | 302 |
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| France | 117 |
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Largest disclosed holders
Largest foreign holders of agricultural land in Erie County, New York| Holder (country) | Acres |
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| LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, INC. (FRANCE) | 117 |
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| CSS Farms, LLC (CANADA) | 80 |
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USDA Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act filings, holdings at the end of 2024. Only disclosed interests are counted. See foreign-owned farmland by county
Crop insurance in Erie County
- 153
- Policies
- 28,167
- Insured acres
- $1.7M
- Claims paid
- 0.97
- Loss ratio
Crop insurance claims by crop in Erie County, New York, 2024| Crop | Claims |
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| Grapes | $720K |
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| Corn | $433K |
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| Soybeans | $177K |
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| Green Peas | $128K |
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| Processing Beans | $104K |
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USDA Risk Management Agency Summary of Business, 2024 crop year.
Conservation and the power grid
- 39
- CRP acres, 2025
- 196
- Substations
- 1
- 345 kV and up
- 345 kV
- Highest voltage
Conservation Reserve Program acres under contract (USDA FSA). Substations in service, from a public copy of the federal HIFLD layer.
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This copy of Erie County's records was taken on August 11, 2026. Assessment records, not a survey.