THE TOHATCHI LAND BRIEF
Land in the
San Juan/Chaco Tablelands and Mesas setting.
Tohatchi CDP has 6.47 square miles of land in McKinley 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
Tohatchi and McKinley County
Tohatchi is associated with McKinley 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.
Tohatchi by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Tohatchi, or 2% of its total area. It is 1.9 percentage points higher than the 0.1% recorded for McKinley County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tohatchi CDP has 92.4% of the land area of nearby Nakaibito CDP (7 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

