THE MOHAVE COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Eastern Mojave Basins setting.
Mohave County has 13,332.1 square miles of land in Arizona. 22 mapped landscape regions meet across Mohave County: Eastern Mojave Basins, Eastern Mojave Low Ranges and Arid Footslopes, Arizona Strip Plateaus, among others.
Broad dry basins and scattered ranges define the Mojave landscape. Creosote scrub, yuccas and Joshua trees occur regionally, with different plant communities on alkali flats and higher mountains.
Regional context: Mojave Basin and Range ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Mohave County intersects 22 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Eastern Mojave Basins15.1%
- Eastern Mojave Low Ranges and Arid Footslopes13%
- Arizona Strip Plateaus11.2%
- Arid Valleys and Canyonlands9.1%
- Arizona Upland/Eastern Sonoran Mountains8.8%
Arizona/New Mexico Plateau in Mohave County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Sonoran Basin and Range in Mohave 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 ↗Finding your parcel within Mohave County
The atlas lists 46 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Mohave County, including Golden Valley, Bullhead City, Dolan Springs. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Mohave County by land and water
The Census records 128.7 square miles of water within Mohave County, or 1% of its total area. That share is close to Mohave County’s 1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Mohave County has 3,532.6 times the land area of nearby Truxton CDP (3.77 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Coconino County, La Paz County, Yavapai County within Arizona. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

