THE REDLANDS LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands setting.
Redlands CDP has 12.9 square miles of land in Mesa County. Its Census reference point is in Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands, within Colorado Plateaus.
Layered sedimentary rock forms mesas, benches, cliffs and deeply cut canyons. Pinyon-juniper woodland, oak and drier basin vegetation vary with elevation and the plateau's strongly contrasting terrain.
Regional context: Colorado Plateaus ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Redlands and Mesa County
Redlands is associated with Mesa 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.
Redlands by land and water
The Census records 0.54 square miles of water within Redlands, or 4% of its total area. It is 3.7 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for Mesa County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Redlands CDP has 31.6% of the land area of nearby Grand Junction city (40.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

