THE FAIRMOUNT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Front Range Fans setting.
Fairmount CDP has 6.08 square miles of land in 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
Fairmount and Jefferson County
Fairmount is associated with Jefferson 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.
Fairmount by land and water
The Census records 0.2 square miles of water within Fairmount, or 3.1% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points higher than the 1.2% recorded for Jefferson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fairmount CDP has 15.6% of the land area of nearby Arvada city (39 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

