THE GILA COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands setting.
Gila County has 4,757.6 square miles of land in Arizona. 6 mapped landscape regions meet across Gila County: Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands, Lower Mogollon Transition, Arizona Upland/Eastern Sonoran Mountains, among others.
These southwestern mountain ranges rise above surrounding deserts and grasslands. Pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands give way to ponderosa pine, with colder forest types limited to the highest areas.
Regional context: Arizona/New Mexico Mountains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Gila County intersects 6 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands42.7%
- Lower Mogollon Transition31.8%
- Arizona Upland/Eastern Sonoran Mountains13.7%
- Mogollon Transition Conifer Forests8.1%
- Arizona Upland/Eastern Sonoran Basins2.2%
Sonoran Basin and Range in Gila County
Hot desert basins are separated by low mountain ranges. Palo verde, cacti and other drought-adapted plants distinguish the Sonoran setting from the Mojave region farther north.
Read the regional source ↗Madrean Archipelago in Gila County
The Sky Islands are isolated mountain ranges rising above desert and grassland basins. Oak-juniper woodland and higher pine forests create sharp ecological transitions with elevation.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Gila County
The atlas lists 51 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Gila County, including Young, Star Valley, Pine. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Gila County by land and water
The Census records 37.2 square miles of water within Gila County, or 0.8% of its total area. That share is close to Gila County’s 0.8%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Gila County has 7,825 times the land area of nearby Rock House CDP (0.61 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Coconino County, Graham County, Maricopa County, Navajo County, Pinal County, Yavapai County within Arizona. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

