THE JEFF DAVIS COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands setting.
Jeff Davis County has 2,264.6 square miles of land in Texas. 4 mapped landscape regions meet across Jeff Davis County: Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands, Low Mountains and Bajadas, Chihuahuan Montane Woodlands, 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
Jeff Davis County intersects 4 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands39.1%
- Low Mountains and Bajadas38.6%
- Chihuahuan Montane Woodlands20.6%
- Chihuahuan Basins and Playas1.7%
Finding your parcel within Jeff Davis County
The atlas lists 2 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Jeff Davis County, including Fort Davis, Valentine. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Jeff Davis County by land and water
The Census records 0.08 square miles of water within Jeff Davis County, or 0% of its total area. That share is close to Jeff Davis County’s 0%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Jeff Davis County has 209.8 times the land area of nearby Fort Davis CDP (10.8 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Brewster County, Culberson County, Hudspeth County, Pecos County, Presidio County, Reeves County within Texas. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

