THE CITRUS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Central Florida Ridges and Uplands setting.
Citrus County has 582 square miles of land in Florida. 3 mapped landscape regions meet across Citrus County: Central Florida Ridges and Uplands, Gulf Coast Flatwoods, Big Bend Coastal Marsh.
Low plains mingle with barrier islands, lagoons, marshes and inland lake districts. Coastal and inland settings vary substantially within this warm southeastern landscape.
Regional context: Southern Coastal Plain ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Citrus County intersects 3 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Central Florida Ridges and Uplands45.5%
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods44%
- Big Bend Coastal Marsh10.5%
Finding your parcel within Citrus County
The atlas lists 15 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Citrus County, including Hernando, Sugarmill Woods, Lecanto. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Citrus County by land and water
The Census records 378.7 square miles of water within Citrus County, or 39.4% of its total area. That share is close to Citrus County’s 39.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Citrus County has 76.1 times the land area of nearby Crystal River city (7.65 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hernando County, Levy County, Marion County, Sumter County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

