THE ALTAMONT LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Uinta Basin Slopes setting.
Altamont town has 0.21 square miles of land in Duchesne County. Its Census reference point is in Northern Uinta Basin Slopes, within Colorado Plateaus.
Layered sedimentary rock forms mesas, benches, cliffs and deeply cut canyons. Pinyon-juniper woodland, oak and drier basin vegetation vary with elevation and the plateau's strongly contrasting terrain.
Regional context: Colorado Plateaus ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Altamont and Duchesne County
Altamont is associated with Duchesne 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.
Altamont by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Altamont, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.5 percentage points lower than the 0.5% recorded for Duchesne County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Altamont town has 2.2% of the land area of nearby Bluebell CDP (9.74 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

