THE CHILCOOT-VINTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sierra Nevada-Influenced Semiarid Hills and Basins setting.
Chilcoot-Vinton CDP has 13.2 square miles of land in Plumas County. Its Census reference point is in Sierra Nevada-Influenced Semiarid Hills and Basins, within Central Basin and Range.
North-trending mountain blocks separate dry interior basins. Alluvial fans connect the ranges to valley floors, while vegetation changes from sparse basin shrubs to woodland and forest at higher elevations.
Regional context: Central Basin and Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Chilcoot-Vinton and Plumas County
Chilcoot-Vinton is associated with Plumas 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.
Chilcoot-Vinton by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Chilcoot-Vinton, or 0% of its total area. It is 2.3 percentage points lower than the 2.3% recorded for Plumas County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Chilcoot-Vinton CDP has 37.1 times the land area of nearby Loyalton city (0.36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

