THE SHASTA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Foothill Ridges and Valleys setting.
Shasta CDP has 10.9 square miles of land in Shasta County. Its Census reference point is in Foothill Ridges 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
Shasta and Shasta County
Shasta is associated with Shasta 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.
Shasta by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Shasta, or 0% of its total area. It is 1.8 percentage points lower than the 1.9% recorded for Shasta County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Shasta CDP has 3.2 times the land area of nearby Keswick CDP (3.39 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

