THE LA CARLA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub setting.
La Carla CDP has 0.07 square miles of land in Starr County. Its Census reference point is in Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub, within Southern Texas Plains.
Rolling to dissected plains support the thorny brush landscape associated with South Texas. Mesquite and other shrubs are prominent within this warm transition between grassland and desert regions.
Regional context: Southern Texas Plains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
La Carla and Starr County
La Carla is associated with Starr 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.
La Carla by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within La Carla, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Starr County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, La Carla CDP has 23% of the land area of nearby Sammy Martinez CDP (0.31 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

