THE FULTON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Acid Sensitive Adirondacks setting.
Fulton County has 495.5 square miles of land in New York. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Fulton County: Acid Sensitive Adirondacks, Mohawk Valley, Northern and Western Adirondack Foothills, among others.
Forested hills and mountains span northern New England, the Adirondacks and higher Catskills. Glacial lakes and steep streams accompany a transition between northern hardwood and spruce-fir forests.
Regional context: Northeastern Highlands ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Fulton County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Acid Sensitive Adirondacks31.6%
- Mohawk Valley30.5%
- Northern and Western Adirondack Foothills24.1%
- Eastern Adirondack Foothills13.7%
Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands in Fulton County
Glacially shaped lowlands and irregular plains border the Great Lakes and adjacent hills. The lakes influence regional weather, while local landforms reflect both glacial deposits and former shorelines.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Fulton County
The atlas lists 17 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Fulton County, including Stratford, Johnstown, Mayfield. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Fulton County by land and water
The Census records 37.4 square miles of water within Fulton County, or 7% of its total area. That share is close to Fulton County’s 7%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Fulton County has 198.1 times the land area of nearby Caroga Lake CDP (2.5 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hamilton County, Herkimer County, Montgomery County, Saratoga County within New York. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

