THE EL MORO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Plains and Tablelands setting.
El Moro CDP has 11.1 square miles of land in Las Animas 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
El Moro and Las Animas County
El Moro is associated with Las Animas 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.
El Moro by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within El Moro, or 0.2% of its total area. It is 0.2 percentage points higher than the 0.1% recorded for Las Animas County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, El Moro CDP has 3.6 times the land area of nearby Hoehne CDP (3.11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

