THE AMARILLO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Llano Estacado setting.
Amarillo city has 106.1 square miles of land in Potter County, Randall County. Its Census reference point is in Llano Estacado, within High Plains.
Broad, comparatively smooth plains distinguish the High Plains from neighboring broken terrain. The natural grassland setting is drier and higher than the Central Great Plains to the east.
Regional context: High Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Amarillo intersects 2 county geographies: Potter County, Randall County. A Amarillo mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Amarillo by land and water
The Census records 1.96 square miles of water within Amarillo, or 1.8% of its total area. It is 0.9 percentage points lower than the 2.7% recorded for Texas. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Amarillo city has 338.9 times the land area of nearby Bishop Hills town (0.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

