THE LAMESA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Llano Estacado setting.
Lamesa city has 5.12 square miles of land in Dawson 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
Lamesa and Dawson County
Lamesa is associated with Dawson 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.
Lamesa by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Lamesa, or 0.6% of its total area. It is 0.4 percentage points higher than the 0.2% recorded for Dawson County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Lamesa city has 61.6 times the land area of nearby Los Ybanez city (0.08 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

