THE BLANDING LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands setting.
Blanding city has 13.2 square miles of land in San Juan County. Its Census reference point is in Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands, 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
Blanding and San Juan County
Blanding is associated with San Juan 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.
Blanding by land and water
The Census records 0.04 square miles of water within Blanding, or 0.3% of its total area. It is 1.1 percentage points lower than the 1.4% recorded for San Juan County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Blanding city has 84.3% of the land area of nearby White Mesa CDP (15.6 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

