THE MONTEZUMA CREEK LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Arid Canyonlands setting.
Montezuma Creek CDP has 11.8 square miles of land in San Juan County. Its Census reference point is in Arid 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
Montezuma Creek and San Juan County
Montezuma Creek 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.
Montezuma Creek by land and water
The Census records 0.43 square miles of water within Montezuma Creek, or 3.5% of its total area. It is 2.1 percentage points higher 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, Montezuma Creek CDP has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Aneth CDP (11 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

