THE ESCALANTE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Semiarid Benchlands and Canyonlands setting.
Escalante city has 3.3 square miles of land in Garfield 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
Escalante and Garfield County
Escalante is associated with Garfield 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.
Escalante by land and water
The Census records 0 square miles of water within Escalante, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.6 percentage points lower than the 0.6% recorded for Garfield County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Escalante city has 15.8% of the land area of nearby Boulder town (20.9 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

