THE FAIRFAX CITY LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Northern Inner Piedmont setting.
Fairfax city has 6.24 square miles of land in Virginia. The mapped landscape region in Fairfax city is Northern Inner Piedmont.
The Piedmont is a belt of irregular plains and hills between the Appalachians and the coastal plain. A complex mixture of older rocks underlies its pine and hardwood woodland landscapes.
Regional context: Piedmont ↗ · Regional mapping across the county footprint
Finding your parcel within Fairfax city
The atlas lists 1 cities, towns, townships, and Census communities associated with Fairfax city, including Fairfax. The list includes overlapping geography types and does not divide the county into exclusive service areas.
Fairfax city by land and water
The Census records 0.03 square miles of water within Fairfax city, or 0.5% of its total area. That share is close to Fairfax city’s 0.5%. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
The Census boundary meets Fairfax County within Virginia. A tract near one of these lines should be matched to the county identifier on its own records.

