THE STAFFORD LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies setting.
Stafford city has 7.02 square miles of land in Fort Bend County, Harris County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies, 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
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Stafford intersects 2 county geographies: Fort Bend County, Harris County. A Stafford mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Stafford by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Stafford, or 0.4% of its total area. It is 2.3 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, Stafford city has 9.7 times the land area of nearby Fifth Street CDP (0.72 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

