THE RED MESA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sand Deserts setting.
Red Mesa CDP has 12.8 square miles of land in Apache County. Its Census reference point is in Sand Deserts, within Colorado Plateaus.
Layered sedimentary rock forms mesas, benches, cliffs and deeply cut canyons. Pinyon-juniper woodland, oak and drier basin vegetation vary with elevation and the plateau's strongly contrasting terrain.
Regional context: Colorado Plateaus ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Red Mesa and Apache County
Red Mesa is associated with Apache County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Red Mesa by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Red Mesa, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points lower than the 0.2% recorded for Apache County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Red Mesa CDP has 89.9% of the land area of nearby Teec Nos Pos CDP (14.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

