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8.91 acres of commercial land in Durham County

601 Umstead St, Durham, NC · Parcel 0831028954

County file May 2026

  • Acres8.91
  • Land typeVacancy not verifiedNo building found, May 2026
  • ZoningRS-MResidential Suburban-Multifamily · Zoning code on the Durham County parcel roll, as of Oct 2026
  • Flood zoneX · minimal flood hazard
  • WetlandsNone mappedNational Wetlands Inventory
  • Tax value (county)No tax value on the county roll (2026 roll)
  • Last saleNo recorded sale in the county file (as of Aug 2026)Durham County sales file
  • Road accessHas road accessRoads: US Census TIGER/Line 2026 roads, as of 2026-10-06
  • Road frontage1,333 ft on Merrick StRoad map name; the county roll's address reads Umstead St
  • BuildingNone on the roll
  • Who zones itInside the City of Durham limits; Durham sets the zoningNCDOT municipal boundaries, as of Feb 2026
  • WaterIn City of Durham territoryNo line mapped · US EPA water system boundaries; not confirmed with the utility

Can I build?

  • Fronts a public road
  • Zoning RS-M: rules not on file
  • No FEMA flood zone or wetlands mapped
  • Soils very limited for septic

Land facts

From public records and official maps, each with its source and date.

  • Septic (soils)Very limitedUSDA NRCS soil survey (SSURGO), septic absorption fields · Oct 2026. Inside the City of Durham limits: a soil rating, not a sewer check; ask the city whether a sewer main serves the lot
  • Ground elevationAbout 356–396 ft above sea level; average slope 5.2%USGS 3DEP 1/3 arc-second DEM, NAVD88; about ±1–2 ft · Apr 2026

Services and surroundings

Public federal and state records, each with its source and date. Area facts, not a survey of this parcel.

  • Public land nearbyCity of Durham - Forest Hills Park, 0.7 miOpen with restrictions (permit or registration), 46 acres (USGS PAD-US 4.1). Nearby is not access, and never a hunting right

School district

Public federal records, each with its source and date.

  • School districtDurham Public SchoolsGrades pre-K–12 · NCES EDGE school district boundaries, school year 2024–25 (Census TIGER 2025 lines), released Mar 2026. A district, not an assigned school

District details at NCES: Durham Public Schools

Utility service areas

Public service-area maps, each with its source and date. An area, not a connection at this parcel.

  • Electric service areaInside the service area of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC or Duke Energy Progress (approximate)The mapped areas overlap here · HIFLD electric retail service territories, frozen 2025 copy, edited Aug 2025; approximate, confirm with the utility
  • Water system areaInside the service area of City of DurhamPublic water system NC0332010 · EPA public water system service areas, edited May 2026; boundary supplied by the state. Not a water line at the lot

Environmental records

Public state and federal lists, each with its agency and date. A record is not a finding about this parcel.

  • Red flags10 environmental lists checked · dry-cleaner solvent sites not checked · habitat not checked (farm parcels and verified-vacant lots only)Groundwork check of public lists: NC DEQ Division of Waste Management, as of Jan 2020–Oct 2026; NC DEQ Brownfields Redevelopment Section, as of Oct 14, 2026; NC DEQ Division of Energy, Mineral and Land Resources, as of Feb 24, 2026; USGS Gap Analysis Project, as of 2025; U.S. EPA, as of Oct 15, 2026

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In this areaDurhamParcels and flood4.4%in a FEMA flood zone$407ktypical home tax value106,278parcels on the roll
Property tax
Not estimated: the county file gives no taxable value for this parcel

North Carolina 2026 taxes: due since September 1; pay by January 5, 2027 to avoid interest. Pay or check a bill at the Durham County Tax Administration.

Sources: N.C. General Statutes 105-360 and 105-322. Checked Oct 13, 2026.

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Hazards

FEMA National Risk Index v1.20, planning-level · For this census tract, not this parcel · as of Dec 2025

Tornado
Relatively Moderate
Heat wave
Relatively Moderate
Hurricane
Relatively Low
Strong wind
Relatively Low
Winter weather
Relatively Low
Earthquake
Relatively Low
Riverine flooding
Very Low
Wildfire
Very Low
Landslide
Very Low

Ratings are from public federal and state maps (named on each row), not a private climate model. FEMA rates each census tract from expected annual losses, community resilience and social vulnerability, for planning; it is not an assessment of this parcel.

Recorded flood claims

OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3 · Insured buildings near this parcel, not the parcel itself · as of Sep 2026

Claims since 1978
Fewer than 10In this census tract

Neighborhood (Census)

Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year · as of Jan 2026

Median household income
$61,225± $10,793 · this block group
Median home value (owner-reported)
Census sample too small here
Median rent (gross)
$1,486± $142 · this block group
Homes lived in by their owners
13%± 6 pts · this block group
Median year homes were built
2014± 1 yr · this block group
Average commute (one way)
20 min± 8 min · census tract (not published for block groups)
Population
2,725± 258 · this block group

Figures for the census block group around this parcel (a few hundred homes), not this property. ± is the Census 90% margin of error; a figure comes from the larger census tract when the block group's sample is too small. This product uses Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Nearby parcels

Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Durham County, nearest first.

Land and farm parcels of 1 acre or more in Durham County: 1,054 parcel pages

About these numbersSources, county file May 2026

Land type

No building found: county roll (2026) and building footprints (Overture Maps with Microsoft and OpenStreetMap, Sep 2026) · County tax roll; Overture Maps 2026-09-23.1

Parcel outline

The outline and its edge lengths are measured on the parcel map the map draws; the aerial loads from the public imagery named under it.

Source

NC OneMap statewide parcels (NC CGIA, county data producers), county file May 13, 2026.

Record

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Parcel: 0831028954

Coordinates: 35.9837° N, 78.8956° W