THE LAUGHLIN AFB LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid Edwards Bajada setting.
Laughlin AFB CDP has 6.37 square miles of land in Val Verde County. Its Census reference point is in Semiarid Edwards Bajada, 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
Laughlin AFB and Val Verde County
Laughlin AFB is associated with Val Verde 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.
Laughlin AFB by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Laughlin AFB, or 0.7% of its total area. It is 2 percentage points lower than the 2.7% recorded for Val Verde County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Laughlin AFB CDP has 7.8 times the land area of nearby Val Verde Park CDP (0.82 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

