THE ERIE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Front Range Fans setting.
Erie town has 21.5 square miles of land in Boulder County, Weld 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.
Erie intersects 2 county geographies: Boulder County, Weld County. A Erie mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Erie by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Erie, or 0.4% of its total area. That share is close to Colorado’s 0.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Erie town has 110.2 times the land area of nearby Leyner CDP (0.2 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

