THE CULBERSON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands setting.
Culberson County has 3,812.2 square miles of land in Texas. 6 mapped landscape regions meet across Culberson County: Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands, Chihuahuan Basins and Playas, Low Mountains and Bajadas, among others.
Desert basins and mountain ranges extend across this region, with the Rio Grande and Pecos as important drainage corridors. Arid shrubland and grassland contrast with wooded higher elevations.
Regional context: Chihuahuan Deserts ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Culberson County intersects 6 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands52.3%
- Chihuahuan Basins and Playas40.6%
- Low Mountains and Bajadas3.8%
- Chihuahuan Desert Slopes1.5%
- Chihuahuan Montane Woodlands1.3%
Arizona/New Mexico Mountains in Culberson County
These southwestern mountain ranges rise above surrounding deserts and grasslands. Pinyon-juniper and oak woodlands give way to ponderosa pine, with colder forest types limited to the highest areas.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Culberson County
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Culberson County, including Van Horn. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Culberson County by land and water
The Census records 0.22 square miles of water within Culberson County, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Culberson County’s 0%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Culberson County has 1,343.3 times the land area of nearby Van Horn town (2.84 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Hudspeth County, Jeff Davis County, Reeves County within Texas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

