THE SWINK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Piedmont Plains and Tablelands setting.
Swink town has 0.28 square miles of land in Otero 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
Swink and Otero County
Swink is associated with Otero 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.
Swink by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Swink, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Otero County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Swink town has 52.5% of the land area of nearby La Junta Gardens CDP (0.53 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

