THE SAN MATEO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid Tablelands setting.
San Mateo CDP has 2.77 square miles of land in Cibola County. Its Census reference point is in Semiarid Tablelands, 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
San Mateo and Cibola County
San Mateo is associated with Cibola 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.
San Mateo by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within San Mateo, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Cibola County’s 0%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, San Mateo CDP has 64.5% of the land area of nearby Lobo Canyon CDP (4.3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.