THE RANCHO CALAVERAS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Camanche Terraces setting.
Rancho Calaveras CDP has 9.98 square miles of land in Calaveras County. Its Census reference point is in Camanche Terraces, 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
Rancho Calaveras and Calaveras County
Rancho Calaveras is associated with Calaveras 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.
Rancho Calaveras by land and water
The Census records 0.07 square miles of water within Rancho Calaveras, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 1 percentage points lower than the 1.6% recorded for Calaveras County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Rancho Calaveras CDP has 11.9 times the land area of nearby Valley Springs CDP (0.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

