THE VANDENBERG AFB LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Santa Maria/Santa Ynez Valleys setting.
Vandenberg AFB CDP has 22.4 square miles of land in Santa Barbara County. Its Census reference point is in Santa Maria/Santa Ynez 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
Vandenberg AFB and Santa Barbara County
Vandenberg AFB 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.
Vandenberg AFB by land and water
The Census records 0.09 square miles of water within Vandenberg AFB, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 27.4 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, Vandenberg AFB CDP has 4.2 times the land area of nearby Vandenberg Village CDP (5.27 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

