THE UKIAH LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Napa-Sonoma-Russian River Valleys setting.
Ukiah city has 5.47 square miles of land in Mendocino County. Its Census reference point is in Napa-Sonoma-Russian River 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
Ukiah and Mendocino County
Ukiah is associated with Mendocino 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.
Ukiah by land and water
The Census records 0.05 square miles of water within Ukiah, or 0.8% of its total area. It is 8.8 percentage points lower than the 9.6% recorded for Mendocino County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Ukiah city has 3.4 times the land area of nearby Talmage CDP (1.59 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

