THE ARVADA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Front Range Fans setting.
Arvada city has 39 square miles of land in Adams County, Jefferson County. Its Census reference point is in Front Range Fans, within High Plains.
Broad, comparatively smooth plains distinguish the High Plains from neighboring broken terrain. The natural grassland setting is drier and higher than the Central Great Plains to the east.
Regional context: High Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Arvada intersects 2 county geographies: Adams County, Jefferson County. A Arvada mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Arvada by land and water
The Census records 0.65 square miles of water within Arvada, or 1.6% of its total area. It is 1.2 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Colorado. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Arvada city has 6.4 times the land area of nearby Fairmount CDP (6.08 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

