THE RIO HONDO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain setting.
Rio Hondo city has 1.69 square miles of land in Cameron County. Its Census reference point is in Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain, within Western Gulf Coastal Plain.
Low coastal plains extend along the western Gulf, contrasting with more irregular inland country. Grassland was the principal natural cover, with river corridors and coastal features adding local variation.
Regional context: Western Gulf Coastal Plain ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Rio Hondo and Cameron County
Rio Hondo is associated with Cameron 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.
Rio Hondo by land and water
The Census records 0.13 square miles of water within Rio Hondo, or 7% of its total area. It is 23.3 percentage points lower than the 30.3% recorded for Cameron County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Rio Hondo city has 8.9 times the land area of nearby Villa del Sol CDP (0.19 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

