THE CUYAMA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Cuyama Valley setting.
Cuyama CDP has 0.45 square miles of land in Santa Barbara County. Its Census reference point is in Cuyama Valley, 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
Cuyama and Santa Barbara County
Cuyama is associated with Santa Barbara 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.
Cuyama by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Cuyama, or 0.9% of its total area. It is 26.9 percentage points lower than the 27.8% recorded for Santa Barbara County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cuyama CDP has 71.7% of the land area of nearby New Cuyama CDP (0.63 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

