THE DRAPER LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Moist Wasatch Front Footslopes setting.
Draper city has 28.3 square miles of land in Salt Lake County, Utah County. Its Census reference point is in Moist Wasatch Front Footslopes, within Central Basin and Range.
North-trending mountain blocks separate dry interior basins. Alluvial fans connect the ranges to valley floors, while vegetation changes from sparse basin shrubs to woodland and forest at higher elevations.
Regional context: Central Basin and Range ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
One place name. 2 county geographies.
Draper intersects 2 county geographies: Salt Lake County, Utah County. A Draper mailing address alone cannot choose the right record office; use the county and parcel identifier on the tax bill or deed.
Draper by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Draper, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 2.7 percentage points lower than the 2.7% recorded for Utah. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Draper city has 2.6 times the land area of nearby Bluffdale city (11.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

