THE IRON COUNTY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Sagebrush Basins and Slopes setting.
Iron County has 3,296.2 square miles of land in Utah. 7 mapped landscape regions meet across Iron County: Sagebrush Basins and Slopes, Woodland- and Shrub-Covered Low Mountains, Shadscale-Dominated Saline Basins, among others.
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 ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Where the landscape changes
Iron County intersects 7 mapped regional units. The largest mapped shares are:
- Sagebrush Basins and Slopes32.1%
- Woodland- and Shrub-Covered Low Mountains31.3%
- Shadscale-Dominated Saline Basins15%
- High Plateaus11.1%
- Semiarid Foothills9.8%
Wasatch and Uinta Mountains in Iron County
High, steep mountains and narrow valleys form the core of the Wasatch and Uinta ranges. Woodland, aspen and conifers change with elevation, with dissected plateaus along parts of the margins.
Read the regional source ↗Colorado Plateaus in Iron County
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.
Read the regional source ↗Finding your parcel within Iron County
The atlas lists 11 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Iron County, including Cedar City, Enoch, Parowan. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Iron County by land and water
The Census records 4.4 square miles of water within Iron County, or 0.1% of its total area. That share is close to Iron County’s 0.1%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Iron County has 411.6 times the land area of nearby Enoch city (8.01 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.
The Census boundary meets Beaver County, Garfield County, Kane County, Washington County within Utah. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

