THE TOOELE LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sagebrush Basins and Slopes setting.
Tooele city has 24.2 square miles of land in Tooele County. Its Census reference point is in Sagebrush Basins and Slopes, 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
Tooele and Tooele County
Tooele is associated with Tooele 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.
Tooele by land and water
The Census records 0.02 square miles of water within Tooele, or 0.1% of its total area. It is 3.3 percentage points lower than the 3.4% recorded for Tooele County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tooele city has 60.3% of the land area of nearby Erda city (40.1 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

