THE FARMINGTON LAND BRIEF
Land in the
San Juan/Chaco Tablelands and Mesas setting.
Farmington city has 34.5 square miles of land in San Juan County. Its Census reference point is in San Juan/Chaco Tablelands and Mesas, within Arizona/New Mexico Plateau.
Plains and mesa tops alternate with steep tableland edges in this transition between deserts, grasslands and forested mountains. Local relief changes sharply even within the broader plateau setting.
Regional context: Arizona/New Mexico Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Farmington and San Juan County
Farmington is associated with San Juan 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.
Farmington by land and water
The Census records 0.49 square miles of water within Farmington, or 1.4% of its total area. It is 1 percentage points higher than the 0.4% recorded for San Juan County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Farmington city has 60.2 times the land area of nearby Totah Vista CDP (0.57 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

