THE SHONGOPOVI LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Dinetah Tablelands setting.
Shongopovi CDP has 1.59 square miles of land in Navajo County. Its Census reference point is in Dinetah Tablelands, within Arizona/New Mexico Plateau.
Plains and mesa tops alternate with steep tableland edges in this transition between deserts, grasslands and forested mountains. Local relief changes sharply even within the broader plateau setting.
Regional context: Arizona/New Mexico Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Shongopovi and Navajo County
Shongopovi is associated with Navajo 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.
Shongopovi by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Shongopovi, or 0.5% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 0.1% recorded for Navajo County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Shongopovi CDP has 4% of the land area of nearby Second Mesa CDP (40.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

