THE CHERAW LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Plains and Tablelands setting.
Cheraw town has 0.18 square miles of land in Otero County. Its Census reference point is in Piedmont Plains and Tablelands, within Southwestern Tablelands.
Canyons, mesas, badlands and river breaks border the High Plains. This more dissected country includes grassland and shrub-covered slopes, with sharper terrain changes than the neighboring plains.
Regional context: Southwestern Tablelands ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Cheraw and Otero County
Cheraw is associated with Otero 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.
Cheraw by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Cheraw, or 1.6% of its total area. It is 1 percentage points higher than the 0.6% recorded for Otero County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Cheraw town has 13.2% of the land area of nearby North La Junta CDP (1.36 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

