THE PUEBLO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Plains and Tablelands setting.
Pueblo city has 56.6 square miles of land in Pueblo 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
Pueblo and Pueblo County
Pueblo is associated with Pueblo 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.
Pueblo by land and water
The Census records 0.69 square miles of water within Pueblo, or 1.2% of its total area. It is 0.7 percentage points higher than the 0.5% recorded for Pueblo County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pueblo city has 131.1 times the land area of nearby Salt Creek CDP (0.43 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

