THE GRANT COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands setting.
Grant County has 3,961.2 square miles of land in New Mexico. 8 mapped landscape regions meet across Grant County: Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands, Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands, Montane Conifer Forests, among others.
These southwestern mountain ranges rise above surrounding deserts and grasslands. Pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands give way to ponderosa pine, with colder forest types limited to the highest areas.
Regional context: Arizona/New Mexico Mountains ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Grant County intersects 8 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Madrean Lower Montane Woodlands48.1%
- Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands19.4%
- Montane Conifer Forests13.2%
- Chihuahuan Basins and Playas9.4%
- Low Mountains and Bajadas5.5%
Chihuahuan Deserts in Grant County
Desert basins and mountain ranges extend across this region, with the Rio Grande and Pecos as important drainage corridors. Arid shrubland and grassland contrast with wooded higher elevations.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Grant County
The atlas lists 26 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Grant County, including Cliff, Silver City, Gila. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Grant County by land and water
The Census records 5.91 square miles of water within Grant County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Grant County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Grant County has 11,824.5 times the land area of nearby Tyrone CDP (0.34 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Catron County, Hidalgo County, Luna County, Sierra County within New Mexico. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

