THE TAMPICO LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Yakima Folds setting.
Tampico CDP has 4.13 square miles of land in Yakima County. Its Census reference point is in Yakima Folds, within Columbia Plateau.
Basalt underlies this dry plateau of grassland and sagebrush. Windblown soils cover some uplands, while ancient flood paths exposed rock across the region's scabland terrain.
Regional context: Columbia Plateau ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Tampico and Yakima County
Tampico is associated with Yakima 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.
Tampico by land and water
The Census records <0.01 square miles of water within Tampico, or 0% of its total area. It is 0.3 percentage points lower than the 0.4% recorded for Yakima County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Tampico CDP has 93.6% of the land area of nearby Summitview CDP (4.42 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

