THE PASCO COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Southwestern Florida Flatwoods setting.
Pasco County has 746.6 square miles of land in Florida. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Pasco County: Southwestern Florida Flatwoods, Central Florida Ridges and Uplands, Big Bend Coastal Marsh, among others.
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
Pasco County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Southwestern Florida Flatwoods75.2%
- Central Florida Ridges and Uplands20.9%
- Big Bend Coastal Marsh2.3%
- Gulf Coast Flatwoods1.5%
Finding your parcel within Pasco County
The atlas lists 34 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Pasco County, including Wesley Chapel, Pasadena Hills, Shady Hills. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Pasco County by land and water
The Census records 268 square miles of water within Pasco County, or 26.4% of its total area. That share is close to Pasco County’s 26.4%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Pasco County has 57.7 times the land area of nearby Connerton CDP (13 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hernando County, Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Polk County, Sumter County within Florida. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.