THE BLACKHAWK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Livermore Hills and Valleys setting.
Blackhawk CDP has 5.78 square miles of land in Contra Costa County. Its Census reference point is in Livermore Hills and Valleys, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Blackhawk and Contra Costa County
Blackhawk is associated with Contra Costa 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.
Blackhawk by land and water
The Census records 0.01 square miles of water within Blackhawk, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 10.6 percentage points lower than the 10.8% recorded for Contra Costa County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Blackhawk CDP has 4.5 times the land area of nearby Camino Tassajara CDP (1.28 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

